Innocent’s numerous decretals became important parts of the first official collection of
canon law, the Gregorian decretals (1234).
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[See also: ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE; CATHARS; CRUSADES; DECRETALS;
INQUISITION]
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conditionis), trans. Margaret Mary Dietz. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969.
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INNOCENT V
(d. 1276). Pope. When Gregory X died early in 1276, the first papal election under the
provisions of the decree Ubi periculum of the Second Council of Lyon (1274) was
conducted. The cardinals quickly elected Pierre de Tarantaise, who reigned as Innocent V
for fewer than six months. Pierre had become a Dominican in Lyon ca. 1240. He had
studied and taught at Paris, composing a well-known commentary on Peter Lombard’s
Sententiae. After helping formulate the Dominican program of studies, twice serving as
provincial of France and preaching the crusade for Clement IV, Pierre was elevated by
Gregory X to the archbishopric of Lyon in 1272. Made a cardinal in 1273, Pierre took
part in the Council of Lyon, preaching the funeral sermon for St. Bonaventure. Gregory
had allied himself with Rudolph of Habsburg to diminish Angevin influence on the
papacy. Innocent reversed this policy, postponing Rudolph’s imperial coronation
indefinitely. The new pope did try to continue his predecessor’s policy of conciliating the
Byzantines, but Charles of Anjou, who had eastern ambitions, pressured him into
weakening this effort. When Innocent died, Charles, in gratitude, built his tomb. Leo X
beatified Innocent in 1898.
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