Pope Eugene III

Pope Blessed Eugene III
Bishop of Rome
Miniature of Eugene III
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	15 February 1145
Papacy ended	8 July 1153
Predecessor	Lucius II
Successor	Anastasius IV
Orders
Ordination	1135 by Innocent II
Consecration	18 December 1145
Personal details
Born	Bernardo 1080[1] Pisa, Republic of Pisa, Holy Roman Empire
Died	8 July 1153(1153-07-08) (aged 72–73) Tivoli, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
Previous post(s)	Abbot of San Anastasio alle Tre Fontane (1140–45)
Sainthood
Feast day	8 July
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	28 December 1872 Rome, Papal States by Pius IX
Attributes	Papal vestments Papal tiara
Patronage	Tre Fontane Abbey Cistercians
Other popes named Eugene

Pope Eugene III (Latin: Eugenius III; c. 1080 – 8 July 1153), born Bernardo Pignatelli,^[2] or possibly Paganelli, called Bernardo da Pisa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1145 to his death in 1153. He was the first Cistercian to become pope. In response to the fall of Edessa to the Muslims in 1144, Eugene proclaimed the Second Crusade. The crusade failed to recapture Edessa, which was the first of many failures by the Christians in the crusades to recapture lands won in the First Crusade. He was beatified in 1872 by Pope Pius IX.