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Pope Innocent III is remembered for employing interdicts and excommunications to force princes and rulers to obey his directives. In the 1190’s A.D., Innocent III penned three theological tracts; his “On the Misery of the Human Condition” remained hugely popular throughout the Medieval period.
Innocent III, 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 both theology and law, brought the medieval papacy to the height of its prestige and power. He crowned Otto IV as Holy Roman emperor, but Otto’s determination to ...
Click to enlarge. Innocent III, POPE (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 June 16, 1216, at Perugia. He received his early education at Rome, studied theology at Paris, jurisprudence at Bologna, and became a learned ...
Jun 7, 2010 · Because Innocent III was one of the three popes to define the doctrine of “no salvation outside the Church,” it would do well for all the friends of Saint Benedict Center to study the pontificate of this man whose papacy has been judged both by Church historians and secular scholars as one of the greatest in history.
Jun 26, 2012 · Pope Innocent III (b. 1160 or 1161––d. 1216) is widely regarded as the most powerful pope of the Middle Ages. Serving as pope from 1198 to 1216, he was the man who realized the implications of Pope Gregory VII’s vision of papal power, who vindicated the papal claim to arbitrate in the succession to the Holy Roman Empire, who forced the ...
May 29, 2018 · Innocent III. c. 1160. Anagni, Italy. June 16, 1216. Perugia, Italy. Pope. "I have decided...to convoke a general council, by means of which evils may be uprooted...morals reformed, heresies wiped out, the Faith strengthened princes and people won to the cause of aiding the Holy Land ..."
Pope Innocent III ( Latin: Innocentius III; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216), 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. Quick Facts Pope Innocent III, Church ... Close.
