Ubaldo Lanfranchi (died 19 June 1207) was an Italian Catholic archbishop. A member of the noble Lanfranchi family, he was consecrated archbishop of Pisa on 11 April 1176. The primacy of the Pisan church extended to the ecclesiastical provinces of Torres, Cagliari and Arborea. On 21 March 1198 Innocent III confirmed his primacy over the Sardinian dioceses, traditionally linked to his seat since the time of Pope Urban II. In 1189 he participated in the Third Crusade, as papal legate accompanied by William I of Cagliari, reaching the Holy Land with 52 ships and sided with Guy of Lusignan, only to take the side of his rival Conrad of Monferrat; in the convulsive phases of the siege of Acre, he sanctioned the divorce between

Humphrey IV of Toron Humphrey IV of Toron ( 1166 – 1198) was a leading baron in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He inherited the Lordship of Toron from his grandfather, Humphrey II, in 1179. He was also heir to the Lordship of Oultrejourdan through his mother, Step ...

and Queen Isabella of Jerusalem, so that she could marry Conrad. In the last three years of his life, however, Ubaldo entered into conflict with the Holy See due to some disputes over canon law in Sardinia, particularly in the

Judicate of Logudoro The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was one of the Sardinian medieval kingdoms, four kingdoms or ''iudicati'' into which Sardinia was divided during the Middle Ages. It occupied the nor ...

. He died in 1207, probably on 19 June.

Legend

According to popular legend, it was he who returned from the siege of Tolemaide with the galleys laden with the land of Golgotha. In 1203, this "holy land" was spread on the ground where the Pisan monumental

Camposanto Camposanto ( Modenese: ; Mirandolese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northeast of Modena on the Panaro river. Although the name in ...

arose.

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* * * 12th-century births 1207 deaths Clergy from Pisa Roman Catholic archbishops of Pisa {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub