Page "Pope Honorius IV" Paragraph 16

In his relations with the Holy Roman Empire, where no more danger was to be apprehended since the fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, Martin followed the moderate course taken by Gregory X. Rudolf I of Germany sent Bishop Henry of Basel to Rome to request coronation.

Honorius IV appointed the envoy Archbishop of Mainz, fixed a date for the coronation, and sent Cardinal John of Tusculum to Germany to assist Rudolf I's cause.

But general opposition showed itself to the papal interference ; a council at Würzburg ( 16 – 18 March 1287 ) protested energetically, and Rudolf I had to protect the legate from personal violence, so that both his plans and the Pope's failed.