1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
URBAN III. (Uberto Crivelli), pope from the 25th of November 1185 to the 2oth of October 1187, was a Milanese, and had been made cardinal-priest of St Lorenzo in Damaso and archbishop of Milan by Lucius III., whom he succeeded. His family had suffered greatly at the hands of Frederick I., and he now took up vigorously his predecessor's quarrels with the emperor, including the standing dispute about the territories of the Countess Matilda. His opposition to the pretensions of the Roman senate to govern the Papal Sta…
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