1185 Papal Election
elected Urban III25 November 1185 · The first papal elections · Verona
Pope Lucius III was elected on 1 September 1181, but had to be consecrated and enthroned at Velletri, due to the hostility of the Romans. But, having refused to grant the consuetudines to the Romans which had been conceded by earlier popes, he was forced to retreat to Velletri.
Elected pope
Urban III
Uberto Crivelli
Succeeded
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Duration
1 day
Cardinal electors
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pre-conclave election
Key officials
| Dean | Konrad von Wittelsbach |
| Camerlengo | Cardinal Melior |
Ballot-by-ballot tallies are destroyed by design — the paper is burned in the stove whose smoke announces the result — so this entry records what the Church documents: the dates, the electors, the number of ballots where known, and the man who walked out onto the balcony.