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{{Infobox Christian leader 
| type = Pope
|English name=Gregory IV
|image=Greg4papa.jpg
| motto = 
| birth_name = Gregorius
| birth_date = c. 795
| birth_place = [[Rome]]
| death_date = {{death date|844|1|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Rome]]
| term_start =  October 827
| term_end = 25 January 844
| predecessor = [[Pope Valentine]]
| successor = [[Pope Sergius II]]
| other = Gregory
}}

'''Pope Gregory IV''' ({{lang-la|Gregorius Quartus}}; c. 795-25 January 844) was an [[Italy|Italian]] priest of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[List of popes|102nd]] [[Pope]] from 11 February 731 to 28 November 741.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm  "List of Popes,"]  ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2009); retrieved 2013-3-18.</ref>
was [[Pope]] from October 827 to 25 January 844.

==Early life==
Gregorius was born in [[Rome]], but the exact date is unknown.<ref name="penny">Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (1838). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DRsWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Pope+Urban+V&pg=PA444  "Gregory IV,"] ''Penny cyclopaedia,'' Vol. 11, p. 444.</ref>

==Cardinal==
Gregory was a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] and head priest of the [[Basilica of St. Mark]] in Rome.<ref name="catholic">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06789b.htm "Pope Gregory IV,"] ''Catholic Encyclopedia''; retrieved 2013-3-18.</ref>

== Pope ==
Gregory was elected pope in 844.<ref name="catholic"/>

During his [[wikt:reign|reign]], the  Roman port city of [[Ostia]] was expanded.<ref name="penny"/>

==Gallery==
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File:Pigna - s Marco cripta memoria deposizioni 1190048.JPG|Tomb of Pope Gregory IV
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==Related pages ==
* [[List of popes]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* {{CathEncy|wstitle=Pope Gregory IV}}
*  [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Gregory_(Popes)/Gregory_IV  "Gregory IV"], ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1911
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/  Catholic Hierarchy], [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/spope0.html Popes in sequence]

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