adolpho

Updated: April 30, 2025

Adolpho of Saxony succeeded to the empire; and to the papacy, Pietro del Murrone, who took the name of Celestino; but, being a hermit and full of sanctity, after six months renounced the pontificate, and Boniface VIII. was elected.

Niccolò Machiavelli - History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy