Pope Celestine IV was born with the given name of Goffredo da Castiglione in the year A.D., and died in A.D. He began his reign as Pope in the year 1241 A.D. and ended his reign in the year 1241 A.D., during the High Middle Ages. Celestine IV was from Milan, and his papal number is: 179 out of 267 officially recognized Roman Catholic Popes.
Summary: Pope whose reign lasted only days during a time of severe pressure.
Biography:Celestine IV was elected amid acute conflict between the papacy and Emperor Frederick II, when cardinals met under harsh conditions and Church politics were deeply strained. His pontificate ended almost immediately with his death.
Even so, his brief succession forms part of the difficult continuity of the Roman see during one of the great constitutional struggles of the Middle Ages. The vacancy that followed would itself prove historically significant.
Celestine IV remains a fleeting yet important figure in the chronology of a troubled and highly politicized age.
