Pope Celestine facts
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After a two-year impasse with no new Pope, the Cardinals elected a hermit monk who sent them an angry letter, threatening them with divine judgement. He became Celestine V. He served for five months before implementing a law that allowed Popes to abdicate. He abdicated a week later.
how did pope celestine v die?
When cardinals failed to elect a pope for 2 years, a hermit warned them of divine vengeance. Cardinals elected him as Pope Celestine V. He refused and tried to flee, and after being persuaded, he wrote two decrees: for fixing the papal elections and for allowing him to resign. Then resigned
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During the Papal election of 1292-1294 a hermit named Pietro de Morrone wrote a letter to the cardinals stating they would be punished by God if there was any more delay. The cardinals in turn elected de Morrone as Pope Celestine V and sent for him. He initially refused and attempted to flee.
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Pope Celestine V who, realising 5 months into his papacy that he wished to return to his humble pre-papal life, resigned from the postion. Due to fears that people would continue to think Celestine was the "true pope", Celestine's successor imprisoned Celestine until his death in 1296.
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Pope Celestine V, the last pope to resign after Benedict XVI, was imprisoned by his successor in the Castle of Fumone for 10 months until he died.
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Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned from the Papacy in 2013, was the first pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 1294.
