RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Urban III

1200 - 1187

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Pope Urban III (Latin: Urbanus III; died 20 October 1187), born Uberto Crivelli, reigned from 25 November 1185 to his death in 1187. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Urban III is the 185th most popular religious figure (up from 186th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Italy (up from 213th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Urban III is most famous for initiating the first crusade.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Urban III ranks 185 out of 3,187Before him are Barnabas, Pope Clement IV, Pope Boniface IX, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Innocent VII, and Bernard of Clairvaux. After him are Pope Joan, Pope Damasus II, Pope Siricius, Pope Benedict XI, Lazarus of Bethany, and John Bosco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1200, Pope Urban III ranks 1After him are Pope Celestine IV, Pope Alexander IV, Dōgen, Qutuz, Ghiyas ud din Balban, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Zhang Sanfeng, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Villard de Honnecourt, Muhammad al-Nasir, and Nicholas Kanabos. Among people deceased in 1187, Pope Urban III ranks 2Before him is Pope Gregory VIII. After him are Raynald of Châtillon, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, Gerard of Cremona, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Constantine Manasses, Roger de Moulins, Adelaide of Vohburg, Ruben III, Prince of Armenia, and Alexios Branas.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Urban III ranks 184 out of 5,161Before him are Pope Boniface IX (1350), Pope Gregory VIII (1100), Pope Innocent VII (1339), Luigi Galvani (1737), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-89), and Antonio Salieri (1750). After him are Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Marcello Mastroianni (1924), Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), Andrea Palladio (1508), Fra Angelico (1400), and Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Urban III ranks 79Before him are Pope Adrian I (700), Pope Gregory X (1210), Pope Celestine III (1106), Pope Boniface IX (1350), Pope Gregory VIII (1100), and Pope Innocent VII (1339). After him are Pope Siricius (334), Pope Benedict XI (1240), John Bosco (1815), Padre Pio (1887), Rita of Cascia (1381), and Pope John XII (937).