Innocent III

American

noun

Giovanni Lotario de' Conti, 1161?–1216, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1198–1216.

Innocent III British

noun

original name Giovanni Lotario de' Conti. ?1161–1216, pope (1198–1216), under whom the temporal power of the papacy reached its height. He instituted the Fourth Crusade (1202) and a crusade against the Albigenses (1208), and called the fourth Lateran Council (1215)

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The medieval tower was built by Pope Innocent III as a residence for his brother.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

Pope Innocent III arranged a truce among the Iberian Christian kingdoms in the early thirteenth century, convincing them to crusade to restore Christian rule to Iberia.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

And, even though John shortly thereafter had it invalidated by Pope Innocent III, the genie was out of the bottle.

From US News ● Jun. 23, 2015

It was written on the back of a papal bull, at least a hundred years after the bull had been issued by Pope Innocent III in 1199.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013

The theory propounded by the Church and acted out by the temporal rulers of the Middle Ages is expressed in the words of Innocent III.,

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