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Guibert or Wibert of Ravenna (c. 1029 – 8 September 1100) was an Italian prelate, archbishop of Ravenna, who was elected pope in 1080 in opposition to Pope Gregory VII and took the name Clement III.
Clement (III) (born c. 1025, Parma, Lombardy—died Sept. 8, 1100, Cività Castellana, Papal States) was an antipope from 1080 to 1100. Of noble birth, Guibert served at the German court ( c. 1054–55) and became imperial chancellor for Italy (1058–63).
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Clement III was the pope from 1187 to 1191. He was cardinal bishop of Palestrina when elected pope on Dec. 19, 1187. In October 1187 Jerusalem fell to Saladin, the leader of the Muslim armies, and Clement called the Western princes to undertake the Third Crusade, the results of which were.
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clement iii, antipope Pontificate: June 25, 1080 – Sept. 8, 1100. Known earlier as Guibert (or Wibert) of Ravenna, he was born between 1020 and 1030 in Parma; his family was related to the counts of Canossa.
Clement III was a rival of Gregory VII and Urban II, elected by Henry IV in 1080 and recognized by many clergy and people. He was a skilled politician and reformer, but lost Rome to the Gregorians in 1098 and died in 1100.
The antipope CLEMENT III, who claimed the apostolic throne between 1080 and 1100, protested strongly when Emperor Henry IV permitted Jews who had become converted to Christianity during the anti-Jewish riots of the First Crusade to revert to Judaism.
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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.
