Pope Victor III

Pope Blessed Victor III O.S.B.
Bishop of Rome
Desiderius of Montecassino in a contemporary manuscript
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	24 May 1086
Papacy ended	16 September 1087
Predecessor	Gregory VII
Successor	Urban II
Previous post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Sergio e Bacco (1058–59) Abbot of Montecassino (1058–59) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia (1059–86) Legate to Constantinople (1059)
Orders
Consecration	9 May 1087 by Otho de Lagery
Created cardinal	6 March 1058 by Pope Nicholas II
Personal details
Born	Dauferio c. 1026 Benevento, Duchy of Benevento
Died	(1087-09-16)16 September 1087 (aged c. 61) Monte Cassino, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	16 September (Roman Martyrology) 16 October (Roman Proper)
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	23 July 1887 Rome, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII[1]
Attributes	Papal vestments Papal tiara Crozier
Patronage	Montecassino Abbots
Other popes named Victor

Pope Victor III (c. 1026 – 16 September 1087), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 May 1086 to his death. He was the successor of Pope Gregory VII, yet his pontificate is far less notable than his time as Desiderius, the great abbot of Monte Cassino.

His failing health was the factor that made him so reluctant to accept his pontifical election and his health was so poor that he fell to illness during his coronation. The only literary work of his that remains is his Dialogues on the miracles performed by Benedict of Nursia and other saints at Monte Cassino.