Detail of a fresco at the cloister Sacro Speco, c. 1219
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
8 January 1198
Papacy ended
16 July 1216
Predecessor
Celestine III
Successor
Honorius III
Orders
Ordination
21 February 1198
Consecration
22 February 1198 by Ottaviano di Paoli
Created cardinal
September 1190 by Clement III
Personal details
Born
Lotario de' Conti di Segni
22 February 1161
Gavignano, Papal States
Died
16 July 1216(1216-07-16) (aged 55) Perugia, Papal States
Nationality
Italian
Parents
Count Trasimund of Segni and Claricia Scotti
Previous post(s)
Cardinal-Deacon of St. George in Velabro and Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (1190–1191)
Cardinal-Priest of St. Pudentiana (1191–1198)
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by
Ottaviano di Paoli
Date
22 February 1198
Place
Rome
Cardinalate
Elevated by
Pope Clement III
Date
September 1190
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Pope Innocent III as principal consecrator
Raynald of Nocera
March 1198
Adhémar de Peirat
7 April 1198
John of Leighlin
18 September 1198
Mauger of Worcester
4 June 1200
Albert Longhi
22 June 1203
Malachias of Lismore
5 November 1203
Tommaso Morsini
27 March 1205
Peter des Roches
25 September 1205
Albrecht de Kevenburg
24 December 1206
Guillaume Amanevi
1207
Antelm of Patrae Veteres
29 April 1207
Stephen Langton
17 June 1207
Gérard de Cros
1209
Andrea de Celano
1214
Filippo of Troia
October 1214
Christian to the Prussians
1215
Bonfigli of Siena
10 April 1216
Silvester of Evesham
3 July 1216
Other popes named Innocent
Pope Innocent III (Latin: Innocentius III; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216),[1] born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death on 16 July 1216.
Pope Innocent was one of the most powerful and influential of the medieval popes. He exerted a wide influence over the Christian states of Europe, claiming supremacy over all of Europe's kings. He was central in supporting the Catholic Church's reforms of ecclesiastical affairs through his decretals and the Fourth Lateran Council. This resulted in a considerable refinement of Western canon law. He is furthermore notable for using interdict and other censures to compel princes to obey his decisions, although these measures were not uniformly successful.
Innocent greatly extended the scope of the Crusades, directing crusades against Muslim Iberia and the Holy Land as well as the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars in southern France. He organized the Fourth Crusade of 1202–1204, which ended in the sack of Constantinople. Although the attack on Constantinople went against his explicit orders, and the Crusaders were subsequently excommunicated, Innocent reluctantly accepted this result, seeing it as the will of God to reunite the Latin and Eastern Orthodox Churches. In the event, the sack of Constantinople and the subsequent period of Frankokratia heightened the hostility between the Latin and Greek churches; the Byzantine Empire was restored in 1261, albeit much weaker.[2]
^"Pope Innocent III (Lotario dei conti di Segni) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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