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Pope Alexander IV (1199 or c. 1185 – 25 May 1261) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 December 1254 to his death. Early career
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
The 1261 papal election (26 May – 29 August) took place after the death of Pope Alexander IV on 25 May and chose Pope Urban IV as his successor. Since Pope Alexander had been resident in Viterbo since the first week of May 1261, the meeting of the cardinals to elect his successor took place in the Episcopal Palace at Viterbo, which was next ...
The 1254 papal election (11–12 December) took place following the death of Pope Innocent IV and ended with the choice of Raynaldus de' Conti, who took the name Pope Alexander IV. The election was held in Naples, in the former palazzo of Pietro della Vigna, and required only one day.
Alexander IV ALEXANDER Quartus: Rinaldo dei Conti di Jenne c. 1199 Jenne, Papal States: 55 / 62 Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. First pope born after the Papal States ceased to be a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Established an Inquisition in France. 182: 29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264 (3 years, 34 days) Urban IV ...
Pietro Colonna in 1501 by Pope Alexander VI; James IV of Scotland in 1513 for breaking the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with England. Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer, in 1521 by Pope Leo X. Henry VIII of England in 1533, officially promulgated on 17 December 1538 by Pope Paul III.
Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261) Pope Clement IV (1265–1268) Pope Adrian V (1276) Pope John XXI (1276–1277) Pope Nicholas III (1277–1280) Two other popes temporarily resided in Viterbo for a time but moved elsewhere before their death: Pope Urban IV (1261–1264) Pope Martin IV (1281–1285) Elections. Viterbo was the site of five papal ...
Alexander IV Allowed the inquisitors to absolve each other for any "canonical irregularities in their important work". [47] 1258 Quod super nonnullis: Alexander IV Ordered all papal inquisitors to avoid investigating charges of divination and sorcery unless they also “clearly savored of manifest heresy.” [48] 1263/1264 Exultavit cor nostrum