# Pope Gregory IX - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-ix
Pontificate: 19 March 1227 – 22 August 1241
Number in the papal list: 178
Born-Died: c. 1170 - 1241
Papal era: High Medieval Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_IX

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Initiated the inquisition in France and endorsed the Northern Crusades.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Honorius III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-honorius-iii)
- Next in list: [Pope Celestine IV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-celestine-iv)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1231 - [Papal Inquisition](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1231-papal-inquisition)