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175th Roman Pontiff
Celestine III
COELESTINVS Tertius
Giacinto Bobone Orsini
175th Successor of St Peter · 1191–1198 · Rome · b. Rome, Papal States
1191
Elected
1198
Reign ended
7 years
Length
12th
Century
The Life
Motto: Perfice gressus meos in semitis Tuis ("Going in Thy path") Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Confirmed the statutes of the Teutonic Knights as a military order.
Portrait: Peter of Eboli / Wikimedia Commons