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* [[June 7]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Innocent IV|Innocent IV]] is driven from [[Rome]] by imperial forces of Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]], and travels secretly in disguise to [[Sutri]]. Genoese galleys prepared by his relatives are waiting for him at the port of [[Civitavecchia]] to take him to [[Genoa]].
* [[October 5]] &ndash; Innocent IV flees to [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] and travels to [[Lyon]], where he arrives on [[November 29]]. Although the city is nominally subject to the [[Holy Roman Empire]], Innocent falls under the protection of Louis IX. 
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Innocent IV summons a general council to meet in Lyon (some 140 bishops eventually come) to attend what becomes later the [[First Council of Lyon]].
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