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GREGORY VIII

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 573 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GREGORY VIII . (Alberto de See also:Mora), See also:pope from the 21st of See also:October to the 17th of See also:December 1187, a native of See also:Benevento and Praemonstratensian See also:monk, successively See also:abbot of St See also:Martin at See also:Laon, See also:cardinal-See also:deacon of See also:San' Adriano al foro, cardinal-See also:priest of San Lorenzo in See also:Lucina, and See also:chancellor of the See also:Roman See also:Church, was elected to succeed See also:Urban III. Of amiable disposition, he hastened to make See also:peace with See also:Henry VI. and promised not to oppose the latter's claim to See also:Sicily. He addressed See also:general letters both to the bishops, reminding them of their duties to the Roman Church, especially of their required visits ad limina, and to the whole See also:Christian See also:people, urging a new crusade to recover See also:Jerusalem. He died at See also:Pisa while engaged in, making peace between the Pisans and Genoese in See also:order to secure the help of both cities in the crusade. His successor was See also:Clement III. His letters are in J. P. See also:Migne, See also:Patrol. See also:Lat. vol. 202. Consult also J.

M. Watterich, Pontif. Roman. vitae, vol. 2 (See also:

Leipzig, 1862), and 'Jaffe-See also:Wattenbach, Regesta ponl f. Roman. (1885–1888). See J. See also:Langen, Geschichte der romischen Kirche von Gregor VII. bis Innocenz III. (See also:Bonn, 1893) ; P. Nadig, Gregors VIII. Sgtdgiges Pontifikat (See also:Basel, 1890) ; P. See also:Scheffer-Boichorst, Friedrichs I. letzter Streit mil der Kurie (See also:Berlin, 1866) ; F.

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Gregorovius, See also:Rome in the See also:Middle Ages, vol. 4, trans. by Mrs G. W. See also:Hamilton (See also:London, 1896).

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