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192nd Roman Pontiff
St Celestine V
COELESTINVS Quintus
Pietro Angelerio da Morrone, O.S.B.
191st Successor of St Peter · 1294–1294 · Italy · b. Sant'Angelo Limosano, Kingdom of Sicily
1294
Elected
1294
Reign ended
161 days
Length
13th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of Sicily. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Founded the Celestines. Reinstituted the rules of Ubi periculum. Last pope to abdicate on his own initiative until Benedict XVI (2013). Imprisoned and rumoured to have been murdered by order of Boniface VIII to prevent his potential election and installation as antipope.
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