ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 3rd of April HONORIUS IV., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Giacomo Savelli was born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, April 3, 1287. He belonged to the rich and influential family of the Savelli and was a grandnephew of Honorius III. Very little is known of his life before he ascended the papal throne. He studied at the University of Paris, during which time he held a prebend and a canonry at the cathedral of Châlons-sur-Marne. Later he obtained the benefice of rector at the church of Berton, in the Diocese of Norwich. In 1261 he was created Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin by Martin IV, who also appointed him papal prefect in Tuscany and captain of the papal army. By order of Clement IV he and three other cardinals invested Charles of Anjou as King of Sicily at Rome on July 28, 1265. He was one of the six cardinals who elected Gregory X by compromise at Viterbo on September 1, 1271. In 1274 h...