Urban III

noun

1. Uberto Crivelli, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1185–87.

Example Sentences

Urban III. and Gregory VIII. proposed a third crusade, which was not undertaken until under Clement III. in 1189.

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The quarrel with the papacy was continued with the new pope Urban III., and open warfare was begun.

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Samson obtains from Pope Urban III the privilege of giving the episcopal benediction. p.

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The Pope, now Urban III., endeavored to make him give up Tuscany to the Church, and opposed his design of marrying his son Henry to Constance, daughter of the king of Sicily, since all Southern Italy would thus fall to the Hohenstaufen family.

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In 1200 the feud consisted of many rights of jurisdiction, tithes, and charges, both in the city of Pola, and in towns in its territory, some of the land having been sold, with Urban III.'s permission, between 1185 and 1187.

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