Pope Martin IV
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Pope Martin IV, was the head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 until his death on 22 March 1285. He was the last French pope to hold his court in Rome before
14th century Illumination of Pope Martin IV
The Cathedral and Episcopal Palace, Viterbo
Papal bulla of Martin IV
The cathedral and town of Orvieto
Second Council of Lyon
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The Second Council of Lyon was the fourteenth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convoked on 31 March 1272 and convened in Lyon, Kingdom of Arles, in 1274. Pope Gregory X presided over t
Pope Martin IV
…Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, which ended the fragile union between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches established at the Second Council of Lyon in 1274. Martin IV also faced the Sicilian Vespers uprising and excommunicated Peter III of Aragon, declaring a crusade against him in an unsuccessful…
Cathedral of St John, Lyon, illuminated for a festival
Concile de Trente par NR Cochin