Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (25): The Supremacy of the Pope: The Papacy from the Death of Innocent III to Boniface VIII (1216-1294)

The First Council of Lyons and the Close of Frederick's Career. 1241-1250. The First Council of Lyons and the Close of Frederick's Career. 1241-1250. Gregory's successor, Coelestin IV, survived his election less than three weeks. A papal vacancy followed, lasting the unprecedented period-of twenty months. The next pope, Innocent IV, a Genoese, was an expert in the- canon law and proved himself to be more than the equal of Frederick in shrewdness and quickness of action. At his election the...