Pope Innocent IV
pope of the Catholic Church from 1243 to 1254 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pope Innocent IV (Latin: Innocentius Quartus; c. 1195 – December 7, 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 181st Pope from June 25, 1243 until his death in 1254.[1]
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Early life
Fieschi was born in Genoa.[2] The Fieschi were a noble family of Liguria.
Cardinal
Pope Gregory IX made Fieschi a cardinal on September 18, 1227.[2]
Pope
Cardinal Fieschi was elected pope on June 25, 1243. He chose the name Innocent IV.[2] Ottobuono Fieschi was the pope's cardinal-nephew during this reign.
Pope Innocent was involved in Italian and European political disputes.[2] The central problem of his papacy was a conflict with Frederick II, who was the Holy Roman Emperor.[4]
In 1245, Pope Innocent called church leaders to the Council of Lyons in France.[5]
Innocent granted the use of the red hat to the cardinals in 1245. The red had was a symbol of the cardinal's readiness to shed their blood in the cause of the church.[6]
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