Innocent III

American  

noun

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

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Innocent III British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

He motioned around the grounds, which was once the summer palace of Pope Innocent III, who, Harnwell said, exemplified the principle of inseparability between catechism and politics.

From The New Yorker

Two centuries later, Pope Innocent III predicted that the end would arrive 666 years after the birth of Islam.

From The Guardian

He annoyed Pope Innocent III so much the pontiff excommunicated John and ordered England's churches closed.

From BBC

When Pope Innocent III excommunicated King John in 1209, it took months for the news to get from Rome to London.

From The Guardian