Celestine Ii

A scholar of noble birth, he studied under Peter Ab�lard, with whom he remained on friendly terms even after Ab�lard's condemnation at the Council of Sens (1140). He was made cardinal deacon in 1127 by Pope Honorius II and cardinal priest (c. 1134) by Pope Innocent II, whom he was elected to succeed on Sept. 26, 1143. As pope (consecrated