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Events on Thursday 5 February 1265 1
1265Election of Pope Clement IVGuy Foucois elected pope after a four-month vacancyThe College of Cardinals elected Guy Foucois, a French former soldier and lawyer, as Pope Clement IV on 5 February 1265. He learned of his election only after he had taken holy orders following his wife's death. Clement IV went on to crown Charles of Anjou as King of Sicily the following year.