Innocent III

noun

1. Giovanni Lotario de' Conti, 1161?–1216, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1198–1216.

Innocent III

noun

1. Innocent III?11611216MItalianRELIGION: pope original name Giovanni Lotario de' Conti. ?1161–1216, pope (1198–1216), under whom the temporal power of the papacy reached its height. He instituted the Fourth Crusade (1202) and a crusade against the Albigenses (1208), and called the fourth Lateran Council (1215)

Example Sentences

He motioned around the grounds, which was once the summer palace of Pope Innocent III, who, Harnwell said, exemplified the principle of inseparability between catechism and politics.

From The New Yorker

It is time to be honest and admit that Douthat wants to return to the world of Innocent III, the Albigensian Crusade and of societal based restrictions.

From New York Times

Two centuries later, Pope Innocent III predicted that the end would arrive 666 years after the birth of Islam.

From The Guardian

He annoyed Pope Innocent III so much the pontiff excommunicated John and ordered England's churches closed.

From BBC

When Pope Innocent III excommunicated King John in 1209, it took months for the news to get from Rome to London.

From The Guardian