Birthplace
Milan
Pope from
25 November 1185
Pope until
20 October 1187
Died
20 October 1187
Who he was
Uberto, of the noble Milanese Crivelli family, became a cardinal in 1182 and Archbishop of Milan in 1185. He was elected on the day Lucius III died and kept his archbishopric as pope.
What he is remembered for
His short reign was a running quarrel with Frederick Barbarossa, made worse by the marriage of the emperor's son Henry to the heiress of Sicily, which cost the papacy its Norman allies. He was on his way to Venice, intending to excommunicate the emperor, when he died at Ferrara, where his tomb remains in the cathedral.
Sources
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