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He was appointed cardinal by Pope Innocent II and served as papal legate in France, Sicily, and other regions. He was involved in negotiating the Treaty of Venice in 1177, and was elected pope in 1181.","During his papacy, Lucius III faced disputes with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I over the territories of the late Countess Matilda of Tuscany. He also held a synod in 1184 that condemned various heretical groups. In 1185, preparations began for the Third Crusade, but Lucius III died in Verona before they were completed."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1110","date":"1110"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Lucca","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13373"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"25 November 1185","date":"1185-11-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Verona","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (8 September 1181 – 25 November 1185)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1181-09-08","end":"1185-11-25"},{"text":"Dean of the College of Cardinals (1163–1181)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449676","start":"1163","end":"1181"},{"text":"cardinal-bishop of Ostia (1159–1181)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103479666","start":"1159","end":"1181"},{"text":"cardinal (since May 1141)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1141-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Lucius_III","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Lucius III born?","a":"Pope Lucius III was born on 1110 in Lucca."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Lucius III held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Lucius III include: Pope (1181–1185); Dean of the College of Cardinals (1163–1181); cardinal-bishop of Ostia (1159–1181); cardinal (since May 1141)."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Paul IV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-iv"},{"name":"Pope Benedict XVI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-benedict-xvi"},{"name":"Pope Alexander IV","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-iv"},{"name":"Pope Gregory IX","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-ix"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-vi"},{"name":"Pope Paul III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-iii"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-lucius-iii-27cade8f91.jpg","width":276,"height":382,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Probably Peter of Eboli","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius-III.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Lucius III","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Lucius_III","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q182474","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182474","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Lucius-III.jpg by Probably Peter of Eboli (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius-III.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Lucius III, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Lucius-III.jpg — Probably Peter of Eboli, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Lucius III\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-iii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-iii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-iii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-lucius-iii?lang=ne"}}