Urban IV
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Pope Urban IV, who was in Orvieto at the time taking refuge from a threatened invasion of Rome from Sicily, ordered the blood-sported corporal brought within the safety of Orvieto's walls.
From Time Magazine Archive
Translations were now made into Latin straight from the Greek; and Thomas Aquinas, seconded by Pope Urban IV, took especial pains to encourage such scholarship.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)
This was Corpus Christi Day, a feast founded by Pope Urban IV in 1264.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Louis was probably informed of this strange promise by his young son Philip himself, who got himself released from it by Pope Urban IV.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Black, Robert
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