Monday, November 10, 2014

10 November 1241 A.D. Celestine IV (Gofredo Castiglioni) Dies—Rome’s 179th; 15 Days in Office; Height of Papal Conflicts with Emperor Frederick II


10 November 1241 A.D.  Celestine IV (Gofredo Castiglioni) Dies—Rome’s 179th;  15 Days in Office;  Height of Papal Conflicts with Emperor Frederick II

Shahan, Thomas. "Pope Celestine IV." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03479a.htm.  Accessed 11 Sept 2014.

Celestine IV


(GOFREDO CASTIGLIONI.)

A native of Milan, nephew of Urban III, and probably a Cistercian; died 10 November, 1241. He was madecardinal by Gregory IX and succeeded him, 25 October, 1241, at the height of the papal warfare with Emperor Frederick II. He died after a reign of fifteen days.

Sources


LABBE AND COSSART, Coll. Conc., XXIII, 1463; ARGELATI, Biblioth. Mediolanensis (1745), I, 1, 440; POTTHAST, Reg. Rom. Pont. (1874), I, 940.

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