# Pope Alexander III - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-alexander-iii
Pontificate: 7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181
Number in the papal list: 170
Born-Died: c. 1100 - 1181
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_III

Subject of the March of Tuscany. Convened the Third Council of the Lateran (1179).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Adrian IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-adrian-iv)
- Next in list: [Antipope Victor IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/antipope-victor-iv-1159)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1163 - [Notre-Dame de Paris begun](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1163-notre-dame-de-paris-begun)
- 1170 - [Murder of Thomas Becket](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1170-murder-of-thomas-becket)
- 1173 - [Waldensians](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1173-waldensians)
- 1179 - [Third Lateran Council](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1179-third-lateran-council)