POPE
Pope Alexander III
Pope, Bishop of Rome
Pope Alexander III, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1159–1181.
background
Pope Alexander III prevailed in a long struggle with Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and convened the Third Lateran Council (1179), which decreed that a two-thirds majority of the cardinals is required to elect a pope — the basis of conclave law ever since.
summary
Pope Alexander III, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1159–1181.
papacy Start
1159
papacy End
1181
birth Name
Rolando Bandinelli