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Innocent II

American  

noun

  1. Gregorio Papareschi, died 1143, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1130–43.


Innocent II British  

noun

  1. original name Gregorio Papareschi. died 1143, pope (1130–43). He condemned Abelard's teachings

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Six months afterwards the anti- pope also died, the schism ended, and Innocent II needed Abelard's help no more.

From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams

Alexander III attracted to Rome the long-isolated Church in Ireland, and Innocent II reconciled the Milanese at last to the papal supremacy.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley

Pope Innocent II taken prisoner by Roger; a treaty of peace confirms Roger's title.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Immediately the party of the Frangipani, who had stood around him, met and proclaimed a successor as Innocent II.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley

In 1139 was another council of Lateran, by Pope Innocent II.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 12, December, 1880 by Aaron Walker

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