# Pope Victor III

> The last pope to take the name Victor — and the one who didn't want it. Elected in 1086 after Gregory VII, he hesitated, fell ill at his own coronation, and died sixteen months later, his papacy a footnote to the years he'd spent as Desiderius, the abbot who shaped Montecassino.

*Head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1027
- **Died:** 1087-09-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Dauferio Epifani Del Zotto around 1026, he rose through monastic ranks to become abbot of Montecassino, where under the name Desiderius he played what historians call a significant role in the life of that great monastery. When Gregory VII died in 1085, the cardinals turned to him; he resisted, citing his health, and the reluctance proved prescient. Crowned pope as Victor III on 24 May 1086, he collapsed ill during the ceremony itself. The sixteen months that followed were dim compared to the Montecassino years. He died on 16 September 1087, and no pope since has chosen the name Victor.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Victor_III)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227724)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Victor%20III)
- [فكتور التالت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA)
- [Віктар III](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_III)
- [Віктар III](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_III)
- [Виктор III](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_III)
- [Viktor III](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_III)
- [Víctor III](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_III)
- [Gáu-huòng Victor 3-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Victor_3-si%C3%A9)
- [Viktor III.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_III.)
- [Viktor III.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_III.)
- [Viktor III](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_III)
- [Πάπας Βίκτωρ Γ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CF%89%CF%81_%CE%93%CE%84)
- [Viktoro la 3-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoro_la_3-a)
- [Víctor III](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_III)
- [Victor III](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_III)
- [Viktor III.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_III.a)
- [پاپ ویکتور سوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Victor III](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_III)
- [Victor III](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_III)
- [Fiktor III](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiktor_III)
- [Pápa Vioctór III](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Vioct%C3%B3r_III)
- [Vítor III, papa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADtor_III%2C_papa)
- [Kau-fòng Victor 3-sṳ](https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau-f%C3%B2ng_Victor_3-s%E1%B9%B3)
- [Pous Victor III](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Victor_III)
- [فكتور الثالث](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB)

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