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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Pope Celestine IV
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(GOFREDO CASTIGLIONI.)
A native of Milan, nephew of Urban III, and probably a Cistercian; died 10 November, 1241. He was made cardinal 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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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Pope Celestine IV'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/pope-celestine-iv.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Pope Celestine IV'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/pope-celestine-iv.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
