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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PisaפיזהItaly
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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
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