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Facts

Also Known As Cencio Savelli
Born Rome • Italy
Died March 18, 1227 • Rome • Italy
Title / Office pope (1216-1227)

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Fresco by Giotto showing Honorius III in profile, wearing papal robes and a tall mitre, with his hand resting on his chin against an ornate patterned background.
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Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
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Innocent III
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Pope Innocent IV
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Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
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Photograph of Pope Pius IX
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Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
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Medallion depicting Pope Julius II
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Alexander III
Alexander III
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Bronze medallion showing a left-facing portrait of Pope Sixtus IV in papal regalia, with Latin inscription around the edge.
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