# Pope Urban III - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-urban-iii
Pontificate: 25 November 1185 – 20 October 1187
Number in the papal list: 172
Born-Died: c. 1200 - 1187
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_III

Was of Italian ethnicity. In the 21st century, Cuggiono is a small Italian town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan.

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

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