Theobald of Ostia (french: Thibaut de Vermandois, italic=no or Thibaut de Nanteuil, it, Teodobaldo di Vermandois, italic=no; died 4 November 1188) was a French

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. He entered the Order of

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of the

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in his youth. He was prior of the monastery of Saint-Arnoult-de-Crepy by 1169 and then

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from 1180 until 1183. In 1184 pope

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named him

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; as such, he signed the papal bulls between 21 May 1184 and 29 October 1188. He served as papal legate in southern Germany in 1187. He participated in the papal election of 1185, of October 1187 and of December 1187; in the last one, he was elected to the papacy but declined in favour of Paolo Scolari, who was elected

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. Shortly before his death, pope appointed him legate in England, but he was unable to fulfill this mission. He was buried in the

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.Elfriede Kartusch: ''Das Kardinalskollegium in der Zeit von 1181–1227''. Wien 1948, pp. 411–413 no. 105

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*Elfriede Kartusch: ''Das Kardinalskollegium in der Zeit von 1181–1227''. Wien 1948, pp. 411–413 no. 105 12th-century French cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Alexander III Cardinal-bishops of Ostia French Benedictines 1188 deaths Year of birth unknown 12th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{France-RC-cardinal-stub