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Pope Martin IV (Latin: Martinus IV; c. 1210/1220 – 28 March 1285) born Simon de Brion was Pope from 21 February 1281 to his death in 1285.Simon de Brion son of Jean sieur de Brion was born at the château of Meinpincien Île-de-France France in the decade following 1210. The seigneurial family of Brion who took their name from Brion near Joigny flourished in the Brie français. He spent time at the University of Paris and is said to have then studied law at Padua and Bologna.
