# Celestine IV

> pope

**Wikidata**: [Q171238](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171238)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Celestine_IV)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/celestine-iv

## Summary
Celestine IV was a pope of the Catholic Church, known primarily by his papal title and multiple name variants. He is recorded in reference data with the Wikipedia title "Pope Celestine IV", a Wikidata description of "pope", and a sitelink count of 73.

## Biography
- Born: [not provided]
- Nationality: [not provided]
- Education: [not provided]
- Known for: Serving as pope of the Catholic Church
- Employer(s): Catholic Church
- Field(s): Religion; Catholic priesthood; Diplomacy

## Contributions
- Leadership: Served in the role of pope (recorded title: Pope Celestine IV).  
  (The provided source material records his principal contribution as holding the papal office; no specific dates, acts, publications, or councils are provided in the source.)

## FAQs
Q: Who was Celestine IV?
A: Celestine IV was a pope of the Catholic Church, recorded in reference sources under the title "Pope Celestine IV."

Q: What other names did Celestine IV use or is known by?
A: He is recorded under several aliases: Goffredo da Castiglione; Pope Celestine IV; Goffredo Castiglione; Gofredo Castiglione; Coelestinus IV. Papa; and Caelestinus IV.

Q: Where can I find machine-readable or reference entries for Celestine IV?
A: The provided data lists his Wikipedia title as "Pope Celestine IV", his Wikidata description as "pope", and a sitelink count of 73 linking to that item across Wikimedia projects.

Q: What roles or fields are associated with Celestine IV in the source material?
A: The source associates him with the papacy, the Catholic priesthood, and diplomacy (the related Thing entries include "Catholic priest" and "diplomat").

Q: When did Celestine IV live and serve as pope?
A: The supplied source material does not provide dates of birth, death, or the period of his papacy.

Q: What is known about Celestine IV’s education or early life?
A: The provided material does not include information on his education, birthplace, or early life.

## Why They Matter
- Institutional leadership: As a person identified as pope, Celestine IV occupies the principal leadership role of the Catholic Church in the source material; that office carries central authority in church governance and doctrine.  
- Religious and diplomatic role: The source links him to both the Catholic priesthood and diplomacy, indicating his historical categorization as a religious leader with diplomatic relevance.  
- Referential presence: The presence of a dedicated Wikipedia title and a Wikidata description, together with a sitelink count of 73, demonstrates sustained cross-language and cross-project reference to his identity within international knowledge resources. Without his recognition as pope in those resources, modern reference and indexing of that papal identity would be reduced.

## Notable For
- Holding the papal office recorded under the title "Pope Celestine IV."
- Being known by multiple aliases: Goffredo da Castiglione; Goffredo Castiglione; Gofredo Castiglione; Coelestinus IV. Papa; Caelestinus IV.
- Having a Wikipedia title "Pope Celestine IV."
- Having a Wikidata description of "pope."
- A sitelink_count of 73 in the provided data, indicating linking across many Wikimedia projects.
- Association with the categorical types: human; diplomat; Catholic priest.

## Body

### Names and identifiers
- Primary Wikipedia title: "Pope Celestine IV."
- Wikidata description: "pope."
- Aliases recorded in the source:
  - Goffredo da Castiglione
  - Pope Celestine IV
  - Goffredo Castiglione
  - Gofredo Castiglione
  - Coelestinus IV. Papa
  - Caelestinus IV
- Sitelink count: 73 (as provided for this individual).

### Roles and classification
- Papacy: The source explicitly identifies Celestine IV as a pope. That is his principal recorded office in the supplied material.
- Catholic priest: The provided related items include "Catholic priest [Thing]" defined as a priest of the Catholic Church, indicating association with the priesthood in the source connections.
- Diplomatic category: The related items list "diplomat [Thing]" (defined in the source as a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy), indicating the source associates him with diplomatic-related categories.
- Human: The entry is categorized under the broad "human [Thing]" label; that label in the source is defined as any single member of Homo sapiens, the unique extant species of the genus Homo.

### Affiliations and employer
- Catholic Church: The source links Celestine IV to the papacy and to the Catholic priesthood; the Catholic Church is the institutional affiliation implicit in those roles.

### Data and metadata
- Sitelink count of 73 signifies the number of interwiki links recorded for the item in the provided data snapshot.
- The source includes the metadata label "wikipedia_title: Pope Celestine IV" and "wikidata_description: pope."
- The entry's sitelink_count, aliases, and title are the explicit metadata points supplied.

### Related Thing entries (as supplied)
- human [Thing]: Defined in the source as "any single member of Homo sapiens, unique extant species of the genus Homo" with sitelink_count 273 (this is a related entity listed alongside Celestine IV in the provided data).
- diplomat [Thing]: Defined in the source as "person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization" with sitelink_count 82.
- Catholic priest [Thing]: Defined in the source as "priest of the Catholic Church" with sitelink_count 17.
- These related Thing entries appear in the supplied material to contextualize the categories associated with Celestine IV.

### Limitations of the provided source
- No chronological data: The source does not provide dates of birth, death, or the dates of service for the papacy.
- No biographical detail: There are no specifics on education, birthplace, initiatives, writings, decrees, or events from his tenure.
- No direct records of actions or publications: The provided material does not list decrees, encyclicals, diplomatic missions, or other concrete acts tied to Celestine IV.

### Summary of verifiable facts from source
- Title and office: Celestine IV is identified as a pope.
- Aliases: Multiple name variants are provided and recorded.
- Institutional link: Affiliated with the Catholic Church by virtue of the papal title and related priestly category.
- Category associations: Associated in the data with the categories human, diplomat, and Catholic priest.
- Reference metadata: Documented in reference datasets with the Wikipedia title "Pope Celestine IV", a Wikidata description "pope", and a sitelink_count of 73.

(End of entry — all statements above are restricted to facts and connections explicitly present in the supplied source material.)

## References

1. Union List of Artist Names. 2015
2. Integrated Authority File
3. Catholic-Hierarchy.org
4. Virtual International Authority File
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. CERL Thesaurus
7. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
8. Les Vies des meilleurs peintres, sculpteurs et architectes
9. FactGrid
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