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180th Roman Pontiff
Innocent IV
INNOCENTIVS Quartus
Sinibaldo Fieschi
180th Successor of St Peter · 1243–1254 · Italy · b. Genoa, Republic of Genoa
1243
Elected
1254
Reign ended
11 years
Length
13th
Century
The Life
Citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Convened the First Council of Lyon (1245). Issued the bull Ad extirpanda (1252), permitting the torture of heretics.
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