Innocent III

noun

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

Innocent III

noun

1. Innocent III?11611216MItalianRELIGION: pope 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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Innocent III was not the man to accept quietly what had taken place against his declared will, or to yield to accomplished facts.

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(1145—50) finished what was left uncompleted, but the new basilica was not consecrated till the time of Innocent III.

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Innocent III expressly forbade advocates and notaries to lend any aid to heretics or their abettors.

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