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173rd Roman Pontiff
Gregory VIII
GREGORIVS Octavus
Alberto di Morra, O.Praem.
172nd Successor of St Peter · 1187–1187 · Italy · b. Benevento, Papal States
1187
Elected
1187
Reign ended
57 days
Length
12th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Canon Regular Premonstratense. Proposed the Third Crusade.
Portrait: Gregorius VIII, pope (-1187) (depicted) / Wikimedia Commons