Innocent IV
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Empires, Dynasties, Holy Roman Empire, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals
- Curriculum: Italian History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: Throughout his pontificate, Innocent IV defended the temporal and spiritual authority of the Papacy and upheld its supremacy over secular rulers.
Early Life
Sinibaldo Fieschi, who would later take the name Innocent IV, was the sixth son of ten children of Hugo, Count of Lavagna, in northern Italy. The family was well connected in political and ecclesiastical circles, especially in Genoa, where Sinibaldo was born, probably around 1180. During the bitter and recurring struggles between the Holy Roman Emperors and the pope, the Fieschi...
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