Papa Innocenzo IV

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Sinibaldo Fieschi, Pope Innocent IV

Italian: Sinibaldo Fieschi, Papa Innocenzo IV
Also Known As: "Inocencio IV"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Manarola, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
Death: December 07, 1254 (54-63)
Naples, Naples, Campania, Italy
Place of Burial: Napoli - Cattedrale di San Gennaro.
Immediate Family:

Son of Ugo "Fliscus", count of Lavagna and Brumisan Fieschi
Brother of Maddalena Fieschi; Tedisio III Fieschi, count of Lavagna; Alberto Fieschi; Opizzo Fieschi, conte di Lavagna; Ruberto Fieschi and 8 others

Occupation: 180th Pope of the Catholic Church 1243-1254
Managed by: Cecilie Nygård
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About Papa Innocenzo IV

Pope Innocent IV (Latin: Innocentius IV; c. 1195 – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in 1254.[1]

Fieschi was born in Genoa and studied at the universities of Parma and Bologna. He was considered in his own day and by posterity as a fine canonist. On the strength of this reputation, he was called to the Roman Curia by Pope Honorius III. Pope Gregory IX made him a cardinal and appointed him governor of the March of Ancona in 1235. Fieschi was elected pope in 1243 and took the name Innocent IV. As pope, he inherited an ongoing dispute over lands seized by the Holy Roman Emperor, and the following year he traveled to France to escape imperial plots against him in Rome. He returned to Rome after the death in 1250 of the Emperor Frederick II.

  1. Early life
  2. Cardinal
  3. New pope, same emperor
  4. First Council of Lyon
  5. After Lyon
  6. Ruler of princes and kings
  7. Northern Crusades
  8. Vicar of Christ
  9. Compromise on the Talmud
  10. Diplomatic relations
    1. Relations with the Portuguese
    2. Contacts with the Mongols
  11. Later politics
  12. The Final conflict
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Papa Innocenzo IV's Timeline

1195
1195
Manarola, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
1254
December 7, 1254
Age 59
Naples, Naples, Campania, Italy
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Napoli - Cattedrale di San Gennaro.