Innocent III

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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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Innocent III

Pope Innocent III, one of the most powerful medieval popes, called for a new crusade in 1202.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

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

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2016

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

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016

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

Otto IV, Emperor, 120; becomes Ghibelline, 120, 121; excommunicated by Innocent III, 121; deposition, 122.

From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight

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