Birthplace
Città di Castello
Pope from
26 September 1143
Pope until
8 March 1144
Died
8 March 1144
Who he was
Guido, from Città di Castello, had studied under Abelard and was known as a learned and upright priest. Made a cardinal in 1128, he later served as legate in France, and he was elected to succeed Innocent II in September 1143.
What he is remembered for
His first act was to lift the interdict his predecessor had placed on France over the disputed see of Bourges. He died after about six months, as a conflict with Roger of Sicily loomed, and is little known today.
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