Pope Martin IV (Person) AKA Simon de Brion
Pope Martin IV
1210 AD - 1285 AD
AKA Simon de Brion
Pope of the Roman Catholic church 1281 — 1285
The last French pope to have held court in Rome; all subsequent French popes held court in Avignon (the Avignon Papacy).
In the Divine Comedy, Dante sees Martin IV in Purgatory, where the reader is reminded of the former pontiff's fondness for Lake Bolsena eels and Vernaccia wine.
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