Innocent III (jan 8, 1198 – jul 16, 1216)
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c. 1161 Gavignano, Papal States176th
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Convened the Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215). Initiated the Fourth Crusade but later distanced himself from it and threatened its participants with excommunication when its leadership abandoned their focus on conquest of the Holy Land and instead decided to sack Christian cities.[20] Endorsed the Franciscan Order.
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Date:
jan 8, 1198
jul 16, 1216
~ 18 years