Urban III.

Urban III. (* around 1120 in Milan ; † October 20, 1187 in Ferrara ), originally Uberto Crivelli , was Pope from November 25, 1185 until his death on October 20, 1187 .

As a member of a Milanese family, like most Lombards, he was in opposition to Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa . In 1168 he became archdeacon of Bourges and Milan; Bishop of Vercelli ; on January 9, 1185 also Archbishop of Milan . On December 17, 1182 he was by Pope Lucius III. admitted to the college of cardinals as cardinal . The titular church of San Lorenzo in Damaso was assigned to him.

On November 25, 1185 he was in Verona as the successor to Pope Lucius III, who died on the same day . elected pope; he retained his office as Archbishop of Milan.

Efforts to come to an understanding with the emperor failed. At the wedding of Constance with the heir to the throne Heinrich VI. in Milan he was represented by two cardinals. When the city of Cremona revolted against the emperor, probably with the knowledge and approval of the Pope, it was subjugated by Barbarossa, who, with the support of the German clergy, openly blamed the Pope for the uprising.

When the Pope's sphere of influence was almost entirely limited to Verona - Henry VI. had subjugated almost all of Lombardy - directed Urban III. entered into conflict with worldly power and went on a journey to Venice to see the crusaders who gathered there .

He died in Ferrara on October 20, 1187, allegedly out of dismay at the conquest of Jerusalem by Sultan Saladin on October 2.

literature

Paolo Grillo: Urbano III. In: Massimo Bray (ed.): Enciclopedia dei Papi. Volume 2: Niccolò I, santo, Sisto IV. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2000, pp. 311-314 ( treccani.it ) ..
Georg Kreuzer: Urban III. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 1394-1395. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Werner Maleczek : Urban III . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 8, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-89659-908-9 , Sp. 1284.

Web links

Commons : Urban III. - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Urban III .. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 29, 2011.

predecessor	Office	successor
Lucius III.	Pope 1185-1187	Gregory VIII
Algisio da Pirovano	Archbishop of Milan 1182–1185	Milone da Cardano

personal data
SURNAME	Urban III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Uberto Crivelli (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pope (1185-1187)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1120
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	October 20, 1187
Place of death	Ferrara