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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.
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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.
