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Pope Clement III (Latin: Clemens III; 1130 – 20 March 1191), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 December 1187 to his death in 1191. He ended the conflict between the Papacy and the city of Rome, by allowing the election of magistrates, which reinstalled the Papacy back in the city after a six-year exile.
11th-century fresco in the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome: Saints Cyril and Methodius bring Saint Clement's relics to Rome. The Liber Pontificalis [20] presents a list that makes Linus the second in the line of bishops of Rome, with Peter as first; but at the same time it states that Peter ordained two bishops, Linus and Anacletus, for the priestly service of the community, devoting himself ...
Clement sent John of Montecorvino to Beijing to preach in China. [12] Hayton of Corycus remitting his report on the Mongols La Flor des Estoires d'Orient, to Pope Clement V in 1307. Clement engaged intermittently in communications with the Mongol Empire towards the possibility of creating a Franco-Mongol alliance against the Muslims.
Pope Clement III (1187–1191) Pope Clement IV (1265–1268) Pope Clement V (1305–1314) Pope Clement VI (1342–1352) Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605) Pope Clement IX (1667–1669) Pope Clement X (1670–1676) Pope Clement XI (1700–1721) Pope Clement XII (1730–1740) Pope Clement XIII (1758–1769) Pope ...
There have been 266 popes: 217 from Italy (Including Pope Paul I, II, III, IV, V, VI, Pope Pius I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII); 16 from France (Pope Sylvester II, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Urban II, Pope Callistus II, Pope Urban IV, Pope Clement IV, Pope Innocent V, Pope Martin IV, Pope Clement V, Pope John XXII, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement VI, Pope ...
The pope called for a “War of the Cross,” or Crusade, to retake the holy lands from the unbelievers. France, the pope said, was already overcrowded and the Holy Lands of Canaan were overflowing with milk and honey. Pope Urban II asked the Frenchmen to turn their swords in favor of God's service, and the assembly replied "Dieu le veult!"
Portrait of Clement XIV on horseback in the countryside around Castel Gandolfo, c. 1770s. The Jesuits had been expelled from Brazil (1754), Portugal (1759), France (1764), Spain and its colonies (1767), and Parma (1768). With the accession of a new pope, the Bourbon monarchs pressed for the Society's total suppression.
Pope Clement VI (Latin: Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, [1] was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death, in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope . Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Black Death (1348–1350), during which he granted remission of sins to all who died of the plague.