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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.
LABBE AND COSSART, Coll. Conc., XXIII, 1463; ARGELATI, Biblioth. Mediolanensis (1745), I, 1, 440; POTTHAST, Reg. Rom. Pont. (1874), I, 940.
APA citation. Shahan, T. (1908). Pope Celestine IV. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03479a.htm
MLA citation. Shahan, Thomas. "Pope Celestine IV." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03479a.htm>.
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Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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