Pope Celestine V

Pope Celestine V

After a two-year impasse with no new Pope, the Cardinals elected a hermit monk who sent them an angry letter, threatening them with divine judgment. He became Celestine V. He served for 5 months before implementing a law that allowed Popes to abdicate. He abdicated a week later.

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