Pope Celestine IV
?–1241 CE · Milan
Born Goffredo Castiglioni at Milan, Celestine IV held the papacy for only about two weeks in late 1241, dying before he could be consecrated. His election came under extraordinary duress: with Emperor Frederick II warring on the papacy, the Roman senator Matteo Rosso Orsini confined the cardinals in squalid conditions to force a decision, an episode often cited as a forerunner of the formal conclave. Already old and frail, the newly chosen pope quickly fell ill and died. His fleeting reign left the throne vacant for more than a year and a half, as a divided and intimidated college struggled to elect his successor amid the imperial conflict.
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Milan is a northern Italian city that served as the western capital of the Roman Empire and became a pivotal center of early Christianity through its influential bishopric.
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Pope Honorius IV, Pope Nicholas III, Pope Innocent IV, Pope Urban III
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Christian world
- Pope Innocent III· 1160 CE–1216 CE
- Francis of Assisi· 1181 CE–1226 CE
- Pope Clement IV· 1190 CE–1268 CE
- Clare of Assisi· 1194 CE–1253 CE
- Pope Urban IV· 1195 CE–1264 CE
- Pope Alexander IV· 1199 CE–1261 CE
- Albert the Great· 1200 CE–1280 CE
- Pope Adrian V· 1205 CE–1276 CE
- Pope Bl. Gregory X· 1210 CE–1276 CE
- Pope Martin IV· 1210 CE–1285 CE
- Pope John XXI· 1215 CE–1277 CE
- Pope St. Celestine V· 1215 CE–1296 CE
- Bonaventure· 1217 CE–1274 CE
- Thomas Aquinas· 1225 CE–1274 CE
- Pope Bl. Innocent V· 1225 CE–1276 CE
- Pope Nicholas IV· 1227 CE–1292 CE
- Pope Boniface VIII· 1230 CE–1303 CE
- Pope Gregory IX· –1241 CE
- Pope Honorius III· –1227 CE
- Pope Celestine III· –1198 CE
- Pope Clement III· –1191 CE
- Pope Gregory VIII· –1187 CE
- Pope Lucius III· –1185 CE
- Pope Alexander III· –1181 CE
Jewish world
Islamic world
Buddhist world
Scientists
Rulers world
- Razia Sultana· –1240 CE
- Al-Kamil· 1177 CE–1238 CE
- Al-Mu'azzam Isa· 1176 CE–1227 CE
- Iltutmish· –1236 CE
- Ala ad-Din Kayqubad I· 1188 CE–1237 CE
- Ögedei Khan· 1186 CE–1241 CE
- Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din· 1169 CE–1225 CE
- Genghis Khan· 1162 CE–1227 CE
- Sundiata Keita· –1255 CE
- Frederick II (Holy Roman Emperor)· 1194 CE–1250 CE
- Dunama II Dibalemi (Mai Dunama Dabbalemi)· –1259 CE
- Isaac II Angelos· 1156 CE–1204 CE
- Prithviraj Chauhan· 1166 CE–1192 CE
- Möngke Khan· 1209 CE–1259 CE
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