Innocent IV

noun

1. Sinbaldo de Fieschi, c1180–1254, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1243–54.

Innocent IV

noun

1. original name Sinibaldo de' Fieschi. died 1254, pope (1243–54); an unrelenting enemy of Emperor Frederick II and his heirs

Example Sentences

He gave the president a copy of a missive between Pope Innocent IV and the third Mongol emperor, Guyug, in 1246.

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Francis noted that he was giving the president an authenticated copy of the letter that the then-ruler of the Mongol Empire, Guyuk Khan, wrote to Pope Innocent IV in 1246 after the pontiff sent emissaries east seeking to understand the intentions of the vastly advancing empire.

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He gave the pope a gift that needed no interpretation: a facsimile of a letter that 13th century King Bela IV sent to Pope Innocent IV asking for help in fighting the Tartars.

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Pope Innocent IV went on record saying that the Jews were not guilty of these crimes, hut the accusations persisted.

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It was equally in vain that, immediately on the accession of Innocent IV., in June, a deputation of Dominicans, frightened by the warning of Avignonet, earnestly alleged many reasons why the dangerous burden should be lifted from their shoulders.

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