Pope Alexander III (r. 1159–81) created 68 cardinals in fifteen consistories he held throughout his pontificate. This included the elevation of his two future successors Urban III and Clement III and he also elevated a cardinal whom he later named as a saint.
18 February 1160 Milo
1163 Konrad von Wittelsbach Antonio Manfredo O.S.B. Ugo Ricasoli Oderisio O.S.B. Cas.
1164 Ugo Pierleoni Can. Reg. Ottone Benerede O.S.B. Teodino degli Atti O.S.B. Pietro Caetani Vitellio O.S.B. Girolamo Can. Reg. Eguillino
15 December 1165 Ermanno St. Galdino della Sala Raniero Teodino O.S.B. Cas. Pietro de Bono Can. Reg. Ermanno Bonifazio
1168 Giovanni O.S.B. Rainaldo O.S.B. Cas.
1170 Odone Gérard d'Autun Vernavero Lesbio Grassi Leonato O.S.B. Riso
1171 Ugo Pierleoni Can. Reg. Thibaud O.S.B. Clun. Lombardo
September 1173 Laborans Pietro Guglielmo Uberto Crivelli Marcello Raniero
7 March 1175 Vibiano Gerardo
December 1176 Pietro Tiberio Savelli Gandolfo O.S.B.
March 1178 Pietro Pietro Matteo Can. Reg. Graziano Ardoino
22 September 1178 Ardoino da Piacenza Can. Reg. Giovanni Bernardo Rainier Paolo Eutichio
December 1178 Pietro da Pavia O.S.B. Rogerio O.S.B. Cas., Cardinal-priest of Sant'Eusebio Mathieu d'Anjou Herbert of Bosham Jacopo
March 1179 Henri de Marsiac O.Cist. Guillaume de Champagne Roberto Galando Ildeberto Paolo Scolari Tiburzio
1180 Bernardo Rolando Paparoni
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