Pope Celestine IV

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Pope Celestine IV was a 13th-century pontiff whose extremely brief papacy in 1241 occurred during a period of intense conflict between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cleric
Italian person
pope
alsoKnownAs Pope Celestine IV
surface form: Celestine IV
appointedCardinalBy Pope Gregory IX
associatedWithRuler Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II NERFINISHED
birthName Goffredo da Castiglione
birthPlaceCountry Lombardy
birthPlaceHistoricalEntity Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED
burialPlace Old St. Peter's Basilica
surface form: Basilica of Saint Peter
church Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
citizenshipDetail Milanese
clericalOrder secular clergy
conclaveConditions harsh confinement of cardinals
conclaveLocation Rome
conclaveYear 1241
conflictContext struggle between Papal States and Holy Roman Empire
conflictType papal-imperial conflict
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
createdCardinalYear 1227
dateOfDeath 1241-11-10
deathCause illness
era 13th century
historicalRegion Lombardy
houseOrFamily Castiglioni family
languageSpoken Italian
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
notableFor elected during conflict between papacy and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
one of the shortest papacies in history
occupation canon lawyer
theologian
papacyCharacterization transitional papacy
papacyEndDate 1241-11-10
papacyStartDate 1241-10-25
papalNameTakenFrom Saint Celestine
papalNumber 179th pope
placeOfBirth Milan
placeOfDeath Rome
placeOfDeathBuilding Vatican City
surface form: Vatican
positionHeld Bishop of Sabina
Cardinal
Cardinal-bishop of Sabina
Pope
predecessor Pope Gregory IX
reignDuration about 17 days
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
successor Pope Innocent IV

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Pope Celestine IV alsoKnownAs Pope Celestine IV
this entity surface form: Celestine IV
Innocentius PP. IV predecessor Pope Celestine IV
this entity surface form: Celestine IV
Pope Innocent IV predecessor Pope Celestine IV
Sinibaldo Fieschi predecessor Pope Celestine IV
Pope Gregory IX successor Pope Celestine IV