 On 25 June 1243 Innocent IV, who had several friends in the city and had held several positions in the local diocese, was elected as pope.He thus started a plan to bring Parma to the Guelph side, by replacing the current bishop with Alberto Sanvitale, who was more loyal to him, and order the local Franciscans to convince the population to change side.The already strained relationship between Emperor Frederick II and the pope worsened