{"id":"pope-clement-iii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-iii","language":"en","name":"Pope Clement III","name_en":"Pope Clement III","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1188 to 1191","headline":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1188 to 1191","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Clement III, born Paolo Scolari, 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. Clement, faced with a deplete college of cardinals, created thirty-one cardinals over three years, the most since Adrian IV. He died 20 March 1191 and was quickly replaced by Celestine III.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1124","date":"1124"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"20 March 1191","date":"1191-03-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (7 January 1188 – 27 March 1191)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1188-01-07","end":"1191-03-27"},{"text":"Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1181–1187)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103501493","start":"1181","end":"1187"},{"text":"cardinal (since March 1179)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1179-03"},{"text":"Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105847387"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_III","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Clement III born?","a":"Pope Clement III was born on 1124 in Rome."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Clement III held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Clement III include: Pope (1188–1191); Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1181–1187); cardinal (since March 1179); Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Nicholas IV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-nicholas-iv"},{"name":"Pope Julius III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-julius-iii"},{"name":"Pope Paul III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-iii"},{"name":"Pope Leo XI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-leo-xi"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-clement-iii-7b951d8ba9.jpg","width":500,"height":584,"license":"Public domain","credit":"French anonymous","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpeculumGrandmontis_(Pope_Clement_III).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Clement III","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_III","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q171001","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171001","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: SpeculumGrandmontis (Pope Clement III).jpg by French anonymous (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpeculumGrandmontis_(Pope_Clement_III).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Clement III, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: SpeculumGrandmontis (Pope Clement III).jpg — French anonymous, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Clement III\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-iii. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-iii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-iii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-iii?lang=ne"}}