Alexander IV

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1. Rinaldo Conti, died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.

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My first composition after I left school was a panegyric on pope Alexander IV, who then pretended a project of dethroning the king of Sicily.

From A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 by Henry Fielding

Russia, under the system that Nicholas pursued, could not have seen Austria absorb Italy without resisting the process at any cost; but Alexander IV.,

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various

William de Saint-Amour, the most violent among the secular doctors, published a book, On the dangers of the latter Times, a bitter invective against the mendicant Orders, which St. Louis sent to pope Alexander IV.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

Pope Alexander IV and his successor Urban IV, a Frenchman, would not recognize Manfred as ruler.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

In 1256 Alexander IV, "with characteristic indirection," authorized inquisitors and their associates to absolve each other, and grant dispensations for irregularities.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner

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