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Pope Innocent IV was the 180th. He was among the most important popes of the medieval period with his reign from 1243 A.D. to 1254 A.D. In his pontificate, he battled with Frederick II the Holy Roman Emperor until Innocent finally proved the victor.

The pope’s devout conviction in the universal papacy caused him to try to re-unify the estranged halves of the eastern and western churches and to proselytize the East.

Brief History and Background of Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV Upbringing, Early Career, and Election to the Papacy

Pope Innocent IV was born with the given name of Sinibaldo Fieschi to Count Hugo Fliscus of Lavagna.

Their family had standing in financial as well as church circles.

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Sinibaldo went to Parma to study under the tutelage of three uncles, all of whom were bishops. From Parma he went to the most illustrious canonists’ school (at Bologna) and grew into a canon law master. Sinibaldo served as the canon for the Genoa Cathedral before becomin Pope Innocent IV - Wikipedia SIK