For what it is worth, there was a fellow Piedmontese in the College of Cardinals, the influential Henry of Segusio, "Hostiensis", the most celebrated canon lawyer of his day, who had been a professor at Bologna and Paris.
[8] In November, 1257, Uberto Coconati was present in Viterbo as a witness when Cardinal Stephanus (Istvan Báncsa), Bishop of Palestrina, issued a final ruling in a dispute between the Archbishop of Canterbury, Boniface of Savoy (1241-1270), and the Prior of the Convent of S. Trinity in London.
[11] Cardinal Uberto was able to benefit his nephew, Alberto, when Vivián, the bishop-elect of Calahorra presented himself at the Roman Curia at Orvieto, and was obligated to resign his Archdeaconry of Guadalajara.
But when he died at Asti in 1263, the benefices were handed on by papal favor to another of the Cardinal's nephews, Bonifacius de Coconato, clericus Verzellensis ('cleric of Vercelli').
When Bishop Domingo Dominici of Salamanca died on 30 January 1268, he left in a codicil to his Will 150 maravedis al cardenal don Uberto de Cucunato.
[15] In 1267 Cardinal Uberto was named Auditor (judge) in the case of the confirmation of an Abbess for the monastery of S. Trinité de Caën in the diocese of Bayeux.
In 1275, while he was in Lyons, Cardinal Uberto became involved in the beginning phase of the long dispute between Tedisio de Camilla and his opponents, the Archbishops of Canterbury, first Robert Kilwardby (1273-1278) and then John Peckham (1279-1292).
Both Primates of England disliked the idea of clergy holding multiple benefices which involved the care of souls at the same time, and particularly when they were foreigners appointed by the Roman Curia.