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Alexander IV

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noun

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


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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

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

The death of Alexander IV, soon after the publication of his bull tied the hands of the king.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt

Pope Alexander IV spoke in the highest terms, both of the author and of his work.

From The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Father Candide Chalippe

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

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