Pope Innocent V

Pope Blessed Innocent V
Bishop of Rome
Innocent V depicted in a 1350s fresco by Tommaso da Modena, in Treviso
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	21 January 1276
Papacy ended	22 June 1276
Predecessor	Gregory X
Successor	Adrian V
Orders
Ordination	c. 1259
Consecration	1272
Created cardinal	3 June 1273 by Gregory X
Personal details
Born	Pierre de Tarentaise c. 1225 Near Champagny-en-Vanoise or La Salle, County of Savoy, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles, Holy Roman Empire
Died	22 June 1276(1276-06-22) (aged 50–51) Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Lyon (1272–1273) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri (1273–1276) Major Penitentiary (1273–1276)
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	22 June
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Blessed
Beatified	9 March 1898 Rome, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII
Attributes	Dominican vestments Papal vestments Papal tiara Book
Other popes named Innocent

Pope Innocent V (Latin: Innocentius V; c. 1225 – 22 June 1276), born Pierre de Tarentaise, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 January to 22 June 1276. A member of the Order of Preachers, he acquired a reputation as an effective preacher. He held one of the two "Dominican Chairs" at the University of Paris, and was instrumental in helping with drawing up the "program of studies" for the Order. In 1269, Peter of Tarentaise was Provincial of the French Province of Dominicans. He was a close collaborator of Pope Gregory X, who named him Bishop of Ostia and raised him to cardinal in 1273.

Upon the death of Gregory in 1276, Peter was elected pope, taking the name Innocent V and becoming the first pope elected in a papal conclave. He died about five months later, but during his brief tenure facilitated a peace between Genoa and King Charles I of Sicily. Pope Innocent V was beatified in 1898 by Pope Leo XIII.