{"id":"pope-lucius-ii","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-ii","language":"en","name":"Pope Lucius II","name_en":"Pope Lucius II","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145","headline":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Lucius II, born Gherardo Caccianemici dal Orso, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1144 to his death in 1145. His pontificate was notable for the unrest in Rome associated with the Commune of Rome and its attempts to wrest control of the city from the papacy. He supported Empress Matilda's claim to the Kingdom of England in the Anarchy, and had a tense relationship with King Roger II of Sicily.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bologna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1891"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"15 February 1145","date":"1145-02-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385#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/Q170385#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Papal States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170174"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"librarian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182436"},{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644","start":"1144-03-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (16 March 1144 – 15 February 1145)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1144-03-16","end":"1145-02-15"},{"text":"cardinal (since December 1122)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1122-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Lucius_II","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385"],"faq":[{"q":"What positions has Pope Lucius II held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Lucius II include: Pope (1144–1145); cardinal (since December 1122)."}],"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 Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-lucius-ii-dbc1d74d31.jpg","width":500,"height":572,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresco_of_Pope_Lucius_II_after_restoration_-_Palazzo_Altieri.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Lucius II","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Lucius_II","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q170385","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170385","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Fresco of Pope Lucius II after restoration - Palazzo Altieri.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresco_of_Pope_Lucius_II_after_restoration_-_Palazzo_Altieri.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 Lucius II, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Fresco of Pope Lucius II after restoration - Palazzo Altieri.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Lucius II\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-ii. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-ii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-ii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-ii?lang=ne"}}