Anastasius Anastasius IV

1070 (age 84)

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

He was created cardinal-priest of South. Pudenziana by Pope Paschal II no later than in 1114. In 1127 or 1128 Pope Honorius II promoted him to the suburbicarian See of Sabina. During his short pontificate he played the part of a peacemaker. He came to terms with the Emperor Frederick I in the vexing question of the appointment to the See of Magdeburg and closed the long quarrel, which had raged through four pontificates, about the appointment of William Fitzherbert (commonly known as Saint William of York) to the see of York by sending him the pallium in spite of the continued opposition of the powerful Cistercian order. Pope Anastasius IV died on 3 December 1154 and was succeeded by Cardinal Nicholas of Albano as Pope Adrian IV.

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Background

He was a Roman, son of Benedictus de Suburra, probably of the family of Demetri, and became a secular clerk.

Career

He was created cardinal-priest of South. Pudenziana by Pope Paschal II no later than in 1114. In 1127 or 1128 Pope Honorius II promoted him to the suburbicarian See of Sabina. During his short pontificate he played the part of a peacemaker.

He came to terms with the Emperor Frederick I in the vexing question of the appointment to the See of Magdeburg and closed the long quarrel, which had raged through four pontificates, about the appointment of William Fitzherbert (commonly known as Saint William of York) to the see of York by sending him the pallium in spite of the continued opposition of the powerful Cistercian order.

Pope Anastasius IV died on 3 December 1154 and was succeeded by Cardinal Nicholas of Albano as Pope Adrian IV.

Membership

At the time of his election to the papacy in July 1153 he was Dean of the College of Cardinals and probably the oldest member of that body.

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