Pope Celestine II
?–1144 CE · Città di Castello
Guido di Castello, a learned Italian cleric from Città di Castello who had studied with Peter Abelard, became Celestine II in 1143. A cardinal experienced in papal diplomacy, he was respected for his learning and moderation. His pontificate lasted barely five months before his death in 1144, too short to leave a substantial mark, though he is noted for lifting the interdict his predecessor had placed on France over a dispute with King Louis VII. His brief tenure opened a period of instability in Rome, as the commune movement and renewed urban unrest soon challenged papal temporal authority in the city.
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Città di Castelloצ׳יטה די קסטלוItaly
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About Città di Castello
Città di Castello, a town in the upper Tiber valley of Umbria, central Italy. It is linked to the career of medieval popes such as Celestine II.
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Sages whose lives overlapped with Pope Celestine II’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
Across the traditions
In the same tradition
Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Innocent II, Pope Honorius II
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Pope Celestine II’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Christian world
- Pope St. Gregory VII· 1015 CE–1085 CE
- Pope Bl. Victor III· 1026 CE–1087 CE
- Anselm of Canterbury· 1033 CE–1109 CE
- Pope Bl. Urban II· 1035 CE–1099 CE
- Peter Abelard· 1079 CE–1142 CE
- Hugh of Saint-Victor· 1096 CE–1141 CE
- Peter Lombard· 1096 CE–1160 CE
- Hildegard of Bingen· 1098 CE–1179 CE
- Pope Lucius II· –1145 CE
- Pope Bl. Eugene III· –1153 CE
- Pope Anastasius IV· –1154 CE
- Pope Adrian IV· –1159 CE
- Pope Callixtus II· –1124 CE
- Pope Gelasius II· –1119 CE
- Pope Paschal II· –1118 CE
- Richard of Saint-Victor· –1173 CE
- Pope Alexander III· –1181 CE
- Pope Lucius III· –1185 CE
- Pope Urban III· –1187 CE
- Pope Clement III· –1191 CE
- Pope Celestine III· –1198 CE
Jewish world
Islamic world
Graeco-Roman world
Scientists
Luminaries & Explorers world
Rulers world
- Emperor Huizong of Song· 1082 CE–1135 CE
- al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah· 1096 CE–1130 CE
- Mstislav I of Kiev (Mstislav the Great)· 1076 CE–1132 CE
- John II Komnenos· 1087 CE–1143 CE
- Imad ad-Din Zengi· 1085 CE–1146 CE
- Muhammad I Tapar· 1082 CE–1118 CE
- Ahmad Sanjar· 1086 CE–1157 CE
- Kilij Arslan I· 1079 CE–1107 CE
- Barkiyaruq· 1080 CE–1105 CE
- Lord Four Wind 'Fire Serpent'· 1092 CE–
- Vladimir Monomakh· 1053 CE–1125 CE
- Lord Eight Deer 'Jaguar Claw'· 1063 CE–1115 CE
- Alexios I Komnenos· 1057 CE–1118 CE
- Andrey Bogolyubsky· 1111 CE–1174 CE
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