# Pope Clement III - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-clement-iii
Pontificate: 19 December 1187 – 20 March 1191
Number in the papal list: 174
Born-Died: c. 1124 - 1191
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_III

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Gregory VIII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-viii)
- Next in list: [Pope Celestine III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-celestine-iii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1187 - [Saladin captures Jerusalem](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1187-saladin-captures-jerusalem)
- 1189 - [Third Crusade](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1189-third-crusade)