Bernardo Pignatelli (abt. 1080 - 1153)

Born about 1080 in Piza, Holy Roman Empire

Died 8 Jul 1153 at about age 73 in Tivoli, Holy Roman Empire

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Biography

Pope Eugene III Pignatelli is Notable.

Bernardo Pignatelli was born about 1080 near Pisa. His father was Godius.^[1][2]

In 1115 he is attested as subdeacon at Pisa.^[3]

He was ordained to the priesthood in the 1130s and entered the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux in 1138, returning to Italy to lead the Cistercian community in Scandriglia.^[1]

Though he was not a cardinal he was elected pope on 15 February 1145 taking the name Eugene III.^[2][1] He was consecrated in the Farfa Abbey north of Rome. He lived at Viterbo and then Siena before moving to France.^[1]

In June 1148 he returned to Italy to reside at Viterbo then on 8 April 1149 moved into Ptolemy II's fortress in Tusculum, near Rome. It was here that he met with returning crusaders Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine.^[1]

He returned to Rome at the end of November 1149 until he returned to Tivoli where he died on 8 July 1153.^[1] Throughout his papacy he wore the coarse habit of a Cistercian monk under his robe. He was buried in the Vatican.^[1]

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Wikipedia Pope Eugene III
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vatican
3. ↑ M. Horn, Studien zur Geschichte Papst Eugens III.(1145–1153), Peter Lang Verlag 1992, p31