Pietro della Vigna [SEP] date of death
Pietro della Vigna
Pietro della Vigna (also Pier delle Vigne, Petrus de Vineas or de Vineis; c. 1190–1249) was an Italian jurist and diplomat, who acted as chancellor and secretary (logothete) to Emperor Frederick II. Falsely accused of "lèse-majesté", he was imprisoned, blinded and committed suicide soon after. He is mentioned in the "Inferno" of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Life and work.
He was born in 1190 in Capua, under humble circumstances and
1254 papal election
The papal election of 1254 (11–12 December) took place following the death of Pope Innocent IV and ended with the choice of Raynaldus de' Conti, who took the name Pope Alexander IV. The election was held in Naples, in the former palazzo of Pietro della Vigna, and required only one day.
Frederick II and Innocent IV.
Innocent IV (Fieschi), who was elected on June 25, 1243, after a vacancy that had lasted more than nineteen months, undertook as his