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Innocent III
Innocent III, fresco in the Abbey of San Benedetto, Subiaco, Italy.
The Fourth Lateran Council, convened by Pope Innocent III in 1215, was designed to achieve the widest possible representation of the church.1
The attendees included:
- More than 400 bishops1
- 800 abbots and priors1
- Envoys representing many European kings1
- Personal representatives of Frederick II, who was confirmed by the council as emperor of the West1