Conti di Segni family

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The Conti di Segni family was a powerful medieval Italian noble lineage from the Lazio region that produced several prominent churchmen, including Pope Innocent III.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian noble family
medieval noble lineage
activityEndCentury 14th century
activityStartCentury 12th century
aristocraticNetwork Roman baronial families
associatedWith College of Cardinals
Roman Curia
country Italy
ethnicGroup Italian
family Conti di Segni family
Conti di Segni family
Conti di Segni family
fieldOfActivity ecclesiastical politics
feudal lordship
hasHeritage feudal
hasTitle counts of Segni
historicalEra Middle Ages
historicalSignificance major role in medieval papacy
houseType aristocratic house
influenced medieval Church
papal politics
language Italian
locatedIn Papal States NERFINISHED
nobleStatus comital
notableFor influence in the Papal States
producing multiple popes
notableMember Cardinal Giovanni dei Conti di Segni
Cardinal Ottaviano di Paoli
Pope Alexander IV
Pope Gregory IX NERFINISHED
Pope Innocent III NERFINISHED
originPlace Segni
patronage cathedrals
church institutions
monasteries
politicalAlignment papal faction
politicalRole papal advisors
territorial lords
powerBase area around Rome
southern Lazio
region Lazio
religion Roman Catholicism
socialClass nobility
status powerful medieval dynasty


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