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Where did Lothar of Segni study theology?

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Lothar of Segni, who later became Pope Innocent III, studied theology in Paris. He traveled there in the late 1170s or 1180 to attend what was then the leading center for theological studies in Europe.1

During his time in Paris, he studied under prominent theologians such as Peter of Corbeil and Peter the Chanter, and he was a fellow student of figures like Stephen Langton. This theological training was foundational, shaping his worldview and his approach to the papacy more significantly than his subsequent studies in Bologna, where he focused on law.1