RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Martin IV

1220 - 1285

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Pope Martin IV (Latin: Martinus IV; born Simon de Brion; c. 1210/1220 – 28 March 1285), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 until his death in 1285. He was the last French pope to hold his court in Rome before the papacy moved to Avignon. Before his election, Simon de Brion was a prominent French cleric who served as chancellor to Louis IX of France and was made a cardinal by Pope Urban IV in 1261. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Martin IV is the 206th most popular religious figure (down from 161st in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from France (down from 164th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Martin IV is most famous for being the pope who convened the Council of Constance.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Martin IV ranks 206 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Evaristus, Sarah, Clare of Assisi, Pope Martin V, Pope Boniface I, and Pope Eugene III. After him are Philip Melanchthon, Margaret the Virgin, Pope Alexander I, Pope John XIX, Thérèse of Lisieux, and Pope Pius I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Pope Martin IV ranks 1. After him are Alexander Nevsky, Roger Bacon, William of Rubruck, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Brunetto Latini, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Traidenis, Emperor Go-Saga, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Stefan Uroš I, and Ugolino della Gherardesca. Among people deceased in 1285, Pope Martin IV ranks 2. Before him is Charles I of Anjou. After him are Philip III of France, Peter III of Aragon, Francesca da Rimini, Yekuno Amlak, John II of Jerusalem, Kunigunda of Halych, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Theodora of Trebizond, Daumantas of Lithuania, and John I, Duke of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Martin IV ranks 167 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Leo IX (1002), Georges Pompidou (1911), Roman Polanski (1933), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), and Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684). After him are François Viète (1540), Margaret of Valois (1553), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Nicolas Sarkozy (1955), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), and Bernadette Soubirous (1844).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Martin IV ranks 14. Before him are Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Benedict XII (1280), Pope Clement IV (1190), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Pope Callixtus II (1065), and Pope Urban IV (1185). After him are Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Saint Sebastian (300), Pope Innocent V (1225), Pope Urban VI (1318), and Saint Roch (1295).

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