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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Innocent III

1160 - 1216

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Innocent III has received more than 1,648,241 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Pope Innocent III is the 97th most popular religious figure (down from 77th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Italy (down from 96th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Innocent III was most famous for the Fourth Lateran Council, which he called in 1215. This council established many rules and regulations for the Church and its members.

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  • 79

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Innocent III ranks 97 out of 2,238. Before him are Maimonides, Teresa of Ávila, Saint Lawrence, Methuselah, Elisha, and Arius. After him are Saint Dominic, Hagar, Bernard of Clairvaux, Margaret the Virgin, Francis Xavier, and Pope Clement V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1160, Pope Innocent III ranks 1. After him are Pope Gregory IX, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Pérotin, Ali ibn al-Athir, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Muhammad of Ghor, Arnaud Amalric, Ma Yuan, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Hartmann von Aue, and Dulce of Aragon. Among people deceased in 1216, Pope Innocent III ranks 1. After him are John, King of England, Shota Rustaveli, Eric X of Sweden, Henry of Flanders, Kamo no Chōmei, Ida, Countess of Boulogne, and Robert de Clari.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Innocent III ranks 106 out of 4,668. Before him are Terence Hill (1939), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Masaccio (1401), Amedeo Avogadro (1776), Antoninus Pius (86), and Antonio Gramsci (1891). After him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Luigi Galvani (1737), Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), and Juan Carlos I of Spain (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Innocent III ranks 23. Before him are Pope Leo X (1475), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Benedict XV (1854), Pope Paul III (1468), and Pope Leo XIII (1810). After him are Agatha of Sicily (235), Pope Pius V (1504), Pope Pius III (1439), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Clement I (40), and Pope Gregory XVI (1765).

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