Uberto Allucingoli was an Italian

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and

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Pope Lucius III Pope Lucius III (c. 1097 – 25 November 1185), born Ubaldo Allucingoli, reigned from 1 September 1181 to his death in 1185. Born of an aristocratic family of Lucca, prior to being elected pope, he had a long career as a papal diplomat. His pa ...

, his uncle who ostensibly elevated him with the title of

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in 1182. Modern scholars consider him a fictitious individual who owes his existence to a confusion with Uberto Crivelli, who was created cardinal-priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso in December 1182 and then became

Pope Urban III Pope Urban III ( la, Urbanus III; died 20 October 1187), born Uberto Crivelli, reigned from 25 November 1185 to his death in 1187. Early career Crivelli was born in Cuggiono, Italy as the son of Guala Crivelli and had four brothers: Pietro, D ...

(1185–1187).Elfriede Kartusch: ''Das Kardinalskollegium in der Zeit von 1181-1227.'' Wien 1948, p. 198 note 4. Werner Maleczek: ''Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216: die Kardinäle unter Coelestin III. und Innocenz III.'' Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1984, p. 242-248, do not mention him among the cardinals created by Lucius III.

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