Popes

Popes

The heads of the Catholic Church.

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165th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1143 - 1144. Celestine II governed the Church for only five months and thirteen days; The principal act of his papacy was the absolution of Louis VII of ...

Lucius II

People; Popes

166th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1144 - 1145. His pontificate was notable for the unrest in Rome associated with the Commune of Rome and its attempts to wrest control of the city from ...

Eugene III

People; Popes

167th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1145 - 1153.

Innocent IV

People; Popes

180th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1243 - 1254. Convened the First Council of Lyons, 1245. In August 1253, after much worry about the order's insistence on absolute poverty, Innocent ...

Gregory IX

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178th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1227 - 1241. canonised Elisabeth of Hungary, 1235. Initiated the Inquisition in France. Perhaps his most lasting action was a minor item: his papal ...

Honorius III

People; Popes

177th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1216 - 1227. Initiated the Fifth Crusade. Honorius III acquired some fame as an author. The most important of his writings is the Liber censuum Romanae ...

Celestine IV

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179th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1241 - 1241 (16 days). The papal election of 1241 that elevated Celestine to the papal chair was held under stringent conditions that hastened his ...