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Pope Innocent III (Latin: Innocentius III; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216), [1] born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death on 16 July 1216.
Elected pope on January 8, 1198, Innocent III reformed the Roman Curia, reestablished and expanded the pope’s authority over the Papal States, worked tirelessly to launch Crusades to recover the Holy Land, combated heresy in Italy and southern France, shaped a powerful and original doctrine of papal power within the church and in secular ...
Pope Innocent III is remembered for employing interdicts and excommunications to force princes and rulers to obey his directives. In the 1190’s A.D., Innocent III penned three theological tracts; his “On the Misery of the Human Condition” remained hugely popular throughout the Medieval period.
Pope Innocent III Was Known For Calling the Fourth Crusade and the Albigensian Crusade, approving the works of Saint Dominic and Saint Francis of Assisi, and convoking the Fourth Lateran Council. One of the most influential pontiffs of the Middle Ages , Innocent built the papacy into a more powerful, prestigious institution than it had ever ...
Pope Innocent III (b. 1160 or 1161––d. 1216) is widely regarded as the most powerful pope of the Middle Ages. Serving as pope from 1198 to 1216, he was the man who realized the implications of Pope Gregory VII’s vision of papal power, who vindicated the papal claim to arbitrate in the succession to the Holy Roman Empire, who forced the ...
Innocent III, orig. Lothar of Segni, (born 1160/61, Gavignano Castle, Campagna di Roma, Papal States—died July 16, 1216, Perugia), Pope (1198–1216). Innocent, who was trained in both theology and law, brought the medieval papacy to the height of its prestige and power.
Innocent III >Innocent III (1160-1216), an Italian aristocrat, theologian, and canon >lawyer, reigned as pope from 1198 to 1216. His pontificate has customarily >been taken to mark the most splendid moment of the medieval papacy.
