RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Celestine IV

1200 - 1241

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Pope Celestine IV (Latin: Caelestinus IV; c. 1180/1187 − 10 November 1241), born Goffredo da Castiglione or Goffredo Castiglioni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 October 1241 to his death on 10 November 1241. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Celestine IV is the 267th most popular religious figure (up from 332nd in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Italy (up from 373rd in 2019) and the 125th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Celestine IV was most famous for his short papacy, which lasted only four months. He was the first pope to abdicate.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Celestine IV ranks 267 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Boniface V, John of Nepomuk, Zechariah, Pope Leo IV, Pope Paul II, and Pope Innocent IV. After him are Mani, Vitus, Anna the Prophetess, Saint Christopher, Pope Eugene I, and Pope Cornelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1200, Pope Celestine IV ranks 2Before him is Pope Urban III. After him are Pope Alexander IV, Dōgen, Qutuz, Ghiyas ud din Balban, Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, Zhang Sanfeng, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, Villard de Honnecourt, Muhammad al-Nasir, and Nicholas Kanabos. Among people deceased in 1241, Pope Celestine IV ranks 3Before him are Ögedei Khan, and Pope Gregory IX. After him are Snorri Sturluson, Valdemar II of Denmark, Henry II the Pious, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Köten, Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, Manuel Doukas, and Fujiwara no Teika.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Celestine IV ranks 278 out of 5,161Before him are Boethius (480), Pope Leo IV (790), Pope Paul II (1417), Pope Innocent IV (1195), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), and Arcangelo Corelli (1653). After him are Scipio Africanus (-235), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Luchino Visconti (1906), Vitus (290), Pietro Perugino (1446), and Cosimo de' Medici (1389).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Celestine IV ranks 125Before him are Pope Gelasius II (1062), Pope Honorius II (1100), Pope Boniface V (575), Pope Leo IV (790), Pope Paul II (1417), and Pope Innocent IV (1195). After him are Vitus (290), Pope Eugene I (600), Pope Cornelius (200), Pope Sergius IV (970), Pope Honorius I (585), and Pope Sixtus III (390).