Pope Victor III
Head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1086 to 1087 · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1027 to 1087 · aged 60
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Something wrong?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.
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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.
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