Cardinals Created by Innocent IV (1243-54)

Consistory of 1244.05.28 (12)

France1. Cardinal Pierre de Colmieu

former Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France)

Born: (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1236.08.09
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1253.05.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen (France) (1236.08.12 – 1244.05.28)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1244.05.28 – 1253.05.25)

Italy2. Cardinal Guglielmo di Modena, O. Cart.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Born:1184 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1222
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1251.03.31 († 66)

Bishop of Modena (Italy) (1222.05 – 1233.09.21)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1236.01 – 1243.09.24)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1244.05.28 – 1251.03.31)

France3. Cardinal Eudes de Châteauroux

former Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
former Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera

Born:1190 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1244
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1273.01.25 († 82)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1244.05.28 – 1273.01.25)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1254 – 1273.01.25)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1270 – 1273.01.25)

France4. Cardinal Pierre de Bar

former Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Born: (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1252?
Died:1253?

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1244.05.28 – 1252.02?)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1252.02? – 1253?)

France5. Cardinal Guillaume de Talliante, O.S.B. Clun.

former Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli

Born: (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1250?

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1244.05.28 – 1250?)

England6. Cardinal John of Toledo, O. Cist.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Born: (England)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1262?
Died:1275.07.13

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1244.05.28 – 1262)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1254 – 1262)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1262 – 1275.07.13)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1273 – 1275.07.13)

France7. Cardinal Hugues de Saint-Cher, O.P.

former Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri
former Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary

Born:1190? (France)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1261?
Died:1263.03.19 († 72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1244.05.28 – 1261.12.24)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1256 – 1262.05.27)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1261.12.24 – 1263.03.19)

Italy8. Cardinal Goffredo da Trani

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro

Born: (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1245

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1244.05.28 – 1245)

Italy9. Cardinal Ottaviano degli Ubaldini

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata

Born:1213 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1273.03 († 59)

Apostolic Administrator of Bologna (Italy) (1240 – 1244.05.28)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1244.05.28 – 1273.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Rimini (Italy) (1249 – 1250)

Italy10. Cardinal Pietro Capocci

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro

Born:1200 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1259.05.19 († 58)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1244.05.28 – 1259.05.19)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1245? – ?)

Italy11. Cardinal Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (later Pope Nicholas III)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:1216 (Roma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1277.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:1277.12
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1277.12.26
Died:1280.08.22 (Viterbo, Italy † 63)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1244.05.28 – 1277.11.25)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1276 – 1277.11.25)

Supreme Pontiff (1277.11.25 [1277.12.26] – 1280.08.22)

Italy12. Cardinal Guglielmo Fieschi

former Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio

Born:1210 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1244.05.28
Died:1256? († 46)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1244.05.28 – 1256?)

Consistory of 1251.12 (3)

Italy1. Cardinal Giacomo da Castell’arquato

former Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
former Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1238?
Created Cardinal:1251.12
Died:1253.11.19

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1238 – 1251.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1251.12 – 1253.11.19)

Hungary2. Cardinal István Báncsa

former Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
former Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary)

Born: (Hungary)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1251.12
Died:1270.07.09

Bishop of Vác (Hungary) (1241 – 1243.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1243.07.07 – 1251.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1251.12 – 1270.07.09)

Italy3. Cardinal Ottobono de Fieschi (later Pope Adrian V)

former Supreme Pontiff

Born:1205 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1251.12
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1276.07.11
Died:1276.08.18 (Viterbo, Italy † 70)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Adriano al Foro (1251.12 – 1276.07.11)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1259 – 1276.07.11)

Supreme Pontiff (1276.07.11 – 1276.08.18)

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