POPE ALEXANDER IV BULLA Seal Lead (Papstbulle Bleisiegel) - 1254/1261 - Medieval

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POPE ALEXANDER IV BULLA Seal Lead (Papstbulle Bleisiegel) - 1254/1261 - Medieval:
$486.00

VERY RARE VATICAN

POPE ALEXANDER IV1254 - 1261

ST PETER & ST PAUL LEAD BULLA

METAL SEAL

DIAMETER 1.57”/40 mm APPROX

WEIGHT 1.53 ounces/43.4 grams APPROX

A lead seal from a document issued by Pope Alexander IV. One face bears the name of the issuing Pope ALEXANDER/PPIIII within a circle of pellets and the other the opposed profile heads of SS. Peter and Paul with a cruciform emblem between and the identifying abbreviated legend ‘SPASPE’, (Sanctus Paulus Sanctus Petrus ‘Saint Paul, Saint Peter’).

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Pope Alexander IIII

Pope Alexander IV was Pope from 12 December 1254 to his death in 1261. Born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne, he was, on his mother\'s side, a member of the family

de\' Conti di Segni, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX.Wikipedia

Born:1199,Jenne, Italy

Died:May 25, 1261,Viterbo, Italy

Successor:Pope Urban IV

Predecessor:Pope Innocent IV

Consecration:March 1235

Created cardinal:September 18, 1227

Papacy began

12 December 1254

Papacy ended

25 May 1261

Predecessor

Innocent IV

Successor

Urban IV

Orders

Consecration

March 1235

Created Cardinal

18 September 1227
by Gregory IX

Personal details

Birth name

Rinaldo di Jenne

Born

1199 or c. 1185
Jenne, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire

Died

25 May 1261(1261-05-25)
Viterbo, Papal States, Holy Roman Empire

· Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio (1227-1232)

· Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri (1232-1254)