Pope Clement IV
1190 CE–1268 CE · Saint-Gilles
Born Gui Foucois at Saint-Gilles, Clement IV was a distinguished jurist and counselor to Louis IX of France, marrying and raising two daughters before entering the priesthood as a widower. As pope he continued Urban IV's policy of backing Charles of Anjou, whose victories at Benevento (1266) and Tagliacozzo (1268) destroyed the Hohenstaufen, ending with the execution of young Conradin. A patron of learning, he encouraged Roger Bacon's scientific work. Austere and uncompromising about nepotism, he died at Viterbo; the cardinals then deadlocked for nearly three years before electing a successor.
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