Pope St. Celestine V Pietro Angeleri from Murrone; born in Isernia; elected in 1294; died in 1294. Governed the Church for 8 months and 5 days. About four months after his coronation; despite numerous attempts to dissuade advanced by Charles of Anjou; December 13; 1294 Celestine V abdicated; "I Pope Celestine V; driven by legitimate reasons for humility and weakness of my body and malignancy of the people [of this mob] in order to catch up with the consolation of the life of the first; lost the peace; freely and spontaneously abandon the Papacy (...) "After the abdication and wanted to return to his homeland was captured and imprisoned in the fortress of Fumone; in Ciociaria; in the territories of the Caetani castle and direct ownership of the new Pope (Boniface VIII); here the old Peter died 19 May 1296; greatly weakened by forced deportation and subsequent captivity. Portrait; detail from chromolithograph of the series dedicated to Pope Pius X and blessed by Him. Rome; October 1903.