Pope Innocent XIII
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Pope Innocent XIII, born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He remains the most recent pope to take t
Portrait of Innocent XIII c. 1722
The tomb of Pope Innocent XIII.
Pope Innocent III
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Pope Innocent III was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death in 1216.
Pope Innocent XIII
…their families. Michelangelo dei Conti was born on 13 May 1655 in Poli, near Rome as the son of Carlo II, Duke of Poli, and Isabella d'Monti. Like Pope Innocent III (1198–1216), Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241) and Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261), he was a member of the aristocratic landowning family of the Conti, who…
Detail of a fresco at the cloister Sacro Speco, c. 1219
Bulla of Innocent III
Mosaic of Innocent III, c. 1205–1212
Innocent III launched the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars.