John XXI, pope (d.1277)

Medieval Name: None
Modern Gaelic Name: None
Biography: Kelly, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, 200-01: John was born Pedro Julião, or Peter of Spain, in Lisbon between 1210 and 1220. His father was a doctor. John studied in Paris and taught medicine at the University of Siena. He was dean of Lisbon and archdeacon of Braga. He was physician to Gregory X, who promoted him, in the spring of 1273, to the archbishopric of Braga and shortly afterwards, as cardinal-bishop of Tusculum. He was elected pope in September 1276 and was crowned on 20 September. On 14 May 1277, he was in the newly constructed papal palace at Viterbo when it collapsed. He died later, on 20 May, from his injuries and is buried in the Duomo at Viterbo.
Floruits: 1277 × 1277
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Transaction factoids (2) Title factoids (1)

Date	Short Summary	Role	Witnesses	Source
8 Apr. 1275	Command to examine life of Robert of Fyvie, elected to see of Ross	named person (transaction)		2/147/22 (Theiner, no. 261)
23 Mar. 1277	Concession to hold additional benefice	Grantor		2/149/1 (Cal. Papal Letters, i, 454)

Date	Short Summary	Source
8 Apr. 1275	bishop of Tusculum	2/147/22 (Theiner, no. 261)

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