Innocent III, Pope

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• Innocent III —     Pope Innocent III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent III     (Lotario de Conti)     One of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages, son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Clement III, born 1160 or 116 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Innocent III —     Pope Innocent III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent III     (Lotario de Conti)     One of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages, son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Clement III, born 1160 or 1161 at Anagni, and died 16… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Innocent III — (ca. 1160–1216)    pope    Innocent III was the most powerful and influential pope of the high Middle Ages, and in terms of political power as well as spiritual authority, his pontificate marks the historical apex of papal influence.He succeeded… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Innocent III — (Giovanni Lotario de Conti) 1161? 1216, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1198 1216. * * * orig. Lothar of Segni born 1160/61, Gavignano Castle, Campagna di Roma, Papal States died July 16, 1216, Perugia Pope (1198–1216). Innocent, who was trained in… …   Universalium

• Pope Innocent III — Infobox pope English name=Innocent III birth name=Lotario de Conti di Segni term start=January 8, 1198 term end=July 16, 1216 birthplace= Gavignano, Italy birth date=February 22, 1161 predecessor=Celestine III successor=Honorius III… …   Wikipedia

• Innocent III — Cet article concerne le pape du début du XIIIe siècle. Pour l’antipape, voir Innocent III (antipape). Innocent III Pape de l’Église catholique …   Wikipédia en Français

• Innocent III —    Pope (q.v.) from 1198 1216 whose efforts at church union (q.v.) reached an unforeseen conclusion in the Fourth Crusade s (q.v.) conquest of Constantinople (q.v.). Innocent lost control of the Crusade to the Venetians, who used the Crusade to… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium

• Lucius III, Pope — • Died 1185. Innocent II created him Cardinal Priest of Santa Prassede on 23 February, 1141, and afterwards sent him as legate to France Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Innocent III — (1160–1216)    Pope.    Innocent was born Giovanni Lotario de’ Conti and was educated at the Universities of Paris and Bologna. In 1190 he was made a Cardinal Deacon and, at the age of thirty seven, he was unanimously elected Pope. He is… …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• Antipope Innocent III — Innocent III (Lanzo of Sezza) was an antipope during 1179 to 1180.Innocent III sprang from a noble Lombard family. Opponents of pope Alexander III tried to make him pope in September 1179. Alexander, however, bribed his partisans to give him up,… …   Wikipedia