Pope Bl. Eugene III
?–1153 CE · Pisa
A Pisan and a disciple of Bernard of Clairvaux, Eugene III was a Cistercian monk and abbot when unexpectedly elected pope in 1145. His mentor Bernard wrote for him the influential treatise De consideratione, urging restraint and spiritual focus. Facing the hostile Roman commune, Eugene spent much of his pontificate outside the city, in France and elsewhere. He proclaimed the Second Crusade (1147-1149), preached by Bernard, which ended in costly failure. Eugene nonetheless strengthened church administration and held reforming synods. Respected for personal humility, he was beatified in 1872, the first Cistercian to hold the papacy.
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About Pisa
Pisa, a city in Tuscany, north-central Italy, had a Jewish community in the medieval and early-modern periods. The kabbalist and halachist Rabbi Yosef Ergas (1685-1730), author of the kabbalistic introduction Shomer Emunim and a leading opponent of Sabbateanism, taught at a yeshiva in Pisa, though he spent most of his career as rabbi in nearby Livorno.
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Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Lucius II, Pope Lucius III
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Pope Bl. Eugene III’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 Anastasius IV· –1154 CE
- Pope Adrian IV· –1159 CE
- Pope Celestine II· –1144 CE
- Pope Innocent II· –1143 CE
- Richard of Saint-Victor· –1173 CE
- Pope Honorius II· –1130 CE
- Pope Alexander III· –1181 CE
- Pope Callixtus II· –1124 CE
- Pope Gelasius II· –1119 CE
- Pope Urban III· –1187 CE
- Pope Paschal II· –1118 CE
- Pope Clement III· –1191 CE
- Pope Celestine III· –1198 CE
Islamic world
Scientists
Graeco-Roman world
Jewish world
Luminaries & Explorers world
Rulers world
- Imad ad-Din Zengi· 1085 CE–1146 CE
- John II Komnenos· 1087 CE–1143 CE
- Ahmad Sanjar· 1086 CE–1157 CE
- al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah· 1096 CE–1130 CE
- Lord Four Wind 'Fire Serpent'· 1092 CE–
- Emperor Huizong of Song· 1082 CE–1135 CE
- Mstislav I of Kiev (Mstislav the Great)· 1076 CE–1132 CE
- Muhammad I Tapar· 1082 CE–1118 CE
- Andrey Bogolyubsky· 1111 CE–1174 CE
- Kilij Arslan I· 1079 CE–1107 CE
- Barkiyaruq· 1080 CE–1105 CE
- Nur ad-Din· 1118 CE–1174 CE
- Vladimir Monomakh· 1053 CE–1125 CE
- Lord Eight Deer 'Jaguar Claw'· 1063 CE–1115 CE
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