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:
$540.00
VERY RARE VATICAN
POPE ALEXANDER IV1254 - 1261
ST PETER & ST PAUL LEAD BULLA
MEDAL 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’).
Pope Alexander IIII
Pope Alexander IV was Pope from 12 December 1254 to his death in1261. Born as Rinaldo di Jenne in Jenne, he was, on his mother\'s side, a memberof the family
de\' Conti di Segni, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent IIIand 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
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