Lucius III

American  

noun

1. Ubaldo Allucingoli, died 1185, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1181–85.

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Example Sentences

The Waldensians are named after a 12th-century merchant from Lyon named Valdo who shunned his wealth and began preaching on the streets, prompting Pope Lucius III to excommunicate him and his followers, and declare them heretics.

From New York Times

The cathedral is supported by about a dozen ancient pillars — shipped from Rome by Pope Lucius III, who wanted to cement the Vatican’s relationship with Sicily’s new Norman overlords with an appropriate gift.

From Seattle Times

They were excommunicated by Pope Lucius III in 1184 and endured several centuries of persecution.

From Slate

After the triumph of the papacy, stringent decrees, as we have seen, were issued by Lucius III., and edicts were promulgated by Henry VI. in 1194, and by Otho IV. in 1210, but they were practically inefficient.

From Project Gutenberg

With the study of the Roman law, however, this mode of procedure gradually fell into disfavor with the Church, and the enlightenment of Innocent III. peremptorily forbade its use in 1212, when it was extensively employed by Henry of Vehringen, Bishop of Strassburg, to convict a number of heretics; while in 1215 the Council of Lateran, following the example of Alexander III. and Lucius III., formally prohibited all ecclesiastics from taking part in the administration of ordeals of any kind.

From Project Gutenberg