Pope Innocent III

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Pope1198–1216

Who

Lotario dei Conti, the most powerful of the medieval popes; he approved the rules of Francis and Dominic and presided at the Fourth Lateran Council, which defined transubstantiation.

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Annuario Pontificio

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See of Rome, 1198–1216.

Succeeded: Pope Celestine III1191–1198
See of Rome, 1198–1216
Succeeded by: Pope Honorius III1216–1227
See of Rome, 1216–1227

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