abstract:Pope Innocent III (; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216) was the head of the Roman Catholic Church from 8 January 1198 to his death in 1216. His birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni.
PopeInnocentIII who, by 1215, had made a name for himself in attempts to ensure secular leaders were subject to religious jurisdiction, annulled the document within months of it being issued.