# Pope Innocent III - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-iii
Pontificate: 8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216
Number in the papal list: 176
Born-Died: c. 1160 - 1216
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Convened the Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Celestine III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-celestine-iii)
- Next in list: [Pope Honorius III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-honorius-iii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1200 - [Rock-hewn churches of Lalibela](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1200-rock-hewn-churches-of-lalibela)
- 1204 - [Sack of Constantinople](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1204-sack-of-constantinople)
- 1209 - [Albigensian Crusade](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1209-albigensian-crusade)
- 1209 - [Franciscans approved](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1209-franciscans-approved)
- 1215 - [Fourth Lateran Council](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1215-fourth-lateran-council)
- 1216 - [Dominicans approved](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1216-dominicans-approved)