There were probably 26 cardinals in the Sacred College at the death of Lucius III on 25 November 1185.I.S. Robinson, pp. 44 and 86. On 11 November 1185, two weeks before the pope's death, eighteen cardinals subscribed a bull in favor of the monastery of S. Peter Lobiensis. This was the last day on which bulls were signed before the pope's death.Jaffé, p. 492, no. 15471.
