INNOCENT IV


Meaning of INNOCENT IV in English

orig. Sinibaldo Fieschi

born 12th century, Genoa

died Dec. 7, 1254, Naples

Pope (1243–54).

His clash with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II formed an important chapter in the conflict between papacy and empire. Frederick wanted the newly elected pope to lift his excommunication, but Innocent interrupted the negotiations and fled Rome for France (1244); he later condemned Frederick and urged the election of a new emperor. Concerned with the evangelization of the East, he persuaded Louis IX to lead a Crusade and sent a mission to the Mongols. He returned to Rome in 1253 and gave the Sicilian throne to Edmund, son of Henry III of England, but the papal army was defeated by Manfred , Frederick's son, in 1254.

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