1241 papal election
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The 1241 papal election saw the election of Cardinal Goffredo Castiglioni as Pope Celestine IV. The election took place during the first of many protracted sede vacantes of the Middle Ages, and like m
The cardinals were divided into factions for and against Emperor Frederick II.
A fragment of the Septizodium, an ancient nymphaeum, in a 1582 engraving
Goffredo Castiglioni, elected Pope Celestine IV
Fieschi was later elected Innocent IV...
Otto of Tonengo
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Otto of Tonengo was an Italian papal diplomat and cardinal, first as deacon of San Nicola in Carcere from 1227 and then as bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina from 1244.
1241 papal election
…the Emperor yet once again. It was clear that the Cardinal would never cooperate, and he therefore remained in detention for two more years. Cardinal Oddone di Monferrato, however, was allowed to join the election, though he was required to leave hostages in his place and to promise to return to the Emperor's custody…
Otto presiding over the council of London in 1237, from a copy of the Chronica Majora. 13th century
Otto and James of Pecorara (in cardinal's hats) captured at the battle of Giglio in 1241, from a copy of the Nuova Cronica