Pope Innocent III

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Catholic theologian human pope

Pope Innocent III was a powerful and influential medieval pope (reigned 1198–1216) known for asserting papal supremacy over European monarchs, launching the Fourth Crusade, and shaping the politics and theology of the High Middle Ages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic theologian ⓘ
human ⓘ
pope ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lothar of Segni ⓘ
asserted papal authority to depose kings ⓘ
authorOf De miseria conditionis humanae ⓘ
De sacro altaris mysterio ⓘ
sermons ⓘ
birthDate c.1160 ⓘ
birthName Lotario dei Conti di Segni ⓘ
birthPlace Gavignano ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
near Anagni ⓘ
burialPlace Lateran Basilica (reinterment) ⓘ
Perugia Cathedral ⓘ
convoked Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
councilDate Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Lateran Council, 1215
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
deathDate 1216-07-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Papal States ⓘ
Perugia ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bologna ⓘ
Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris
father Trasmondo dei Conti di Segni ⓘ
headOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
influenced development of papal monarchy ⓘ
medieval political theory ⓘ
intervenedIn English royal affairs under King John ⓘ
succession dispute in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
issued papal decretals ⓘ
knownFor asserting papal supremacy over secular rulers ⓘ
calling the Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
convoking the Fourth Lateran Council ⓘ
influence on medieval canon law ⓘ
intervention in European dynastic disputes ⓘ
involvement in the Fourth Crusade ⓘ
theology of papal plenitude of power ⓘ
launched Albigensian Crusade ⓘ
Fifth Crusade (planning phase) ⓘ
Fourth Crusade ⓘ
memberOf Conti di Segni family ⓘ
mother Claricia Scotti ⓘ
papalCoronationDate 1198-02-22 ⓘ
papalElectionDate 1198-01-08 ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
predecessor Pope Celestine III ⓘ
reignEnd 1216 ⓘ
reignStart 1198 ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
studied canon law ⓘ
theology ⓘ
successor Pope Honorius III ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory IX → appointedBy → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Stephen Langton → appointedBy → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Albigensian Crusade → authorizedBy → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
King John of England → conflict → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → coronatedBy → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Stephen Langton → influencedBy → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Papal States → notableLeader → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Sovereign of the Papal States → officeHolder → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Pope Gregory IX → relative → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
First Barons' War → significantPerson → Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → vassalOf → Pope Innocent III ⓘ