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Death. Nicholas IV died in Rome on 4 April 1292, in the palace which he had built next to the Liberian Basilica (S. Maria Maggiore). He was buried in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. His epitaph reads: "Here lies Nicolas IV son of St. Francis" (Hic requiescit / Nicolaus PP Quartus / Filius Beati Francisci). Taxatio
Mar 31, 2024 · Died: April 4, 1292, Rome (aged 64) Title / Office: pope (1288-1292) Nicholas IV (born September 30, 1227, near Ascoli Piceno, Papal States [Italy]—died April 4, 1292, Rome) was the pope from 1288 to 1292, the first Franciscan pontiff. He joined the Franciscans when young and became their minister for Dalmatia.
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He died on April 4, 1292, and was buried under the law. Pope Nicholas IV died in Rome and was buried inside the Papal palace that he built. It is not confirmed by historians how he died. His papacy began in 1288, on February 22, when he agreed to take the position.
Born at Ascoli in the March of Ancona; died in Rome, 4 April, 1292. He was of humble extraction, and at an early age entered the Franciscan Order. In 1272 he was sent as a delegate to Constantinople to invite the participation of the Greeks in the Second Council of Lyons. Two years later he succeeded St. Bonaventure in the generalship of his order.
Pope Nicholas IV ( Latin: Nicolaus IV; 30 September 1227 – 4 April 1292), born Girolamo Masci, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1288 to his death, on 4 April 1292. He was the first Franciscan to be elected pope.
Mar 17, 2021 · The master of the Templars was killed fighting valiantly. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Nicholas, was urged to escape by open sea, the port being still free. The holy man was dragged against his will, by his people, to a boat, that they might convey him to a galley not far off.
Nicholas IV, POPE (GIROLAMO MASCI), b. at Ascoli in the March of Ancona; d. in Rome, April 4, 1292. He was of humble extraction, and at an early age entered the Franciscan Order. In 1272 he was sent as a delegate to Constantinople to invite the participation of the Greeks in the Second Council of Lyons.
