Pope Honorius III

Honorius III, actually Cencio Savelli, (* around 1148 in Rome, † March 18, 1227 ibid.). Was Pope from 1216 to 1227 greatest importance for the history of the Church, he won by the Approval of the Rules of the Dominicans, Franciscans and Carmelites.

Life

Honorius was born about 1148 in Rome. Its origin from the house of Savelli is uncertain. In Rome, educated, he was a canon of Santa Maria Maggiore and was ( Camerlengo ) since 1188 treasurer. He is the author of the Liber censuum of 1192, a collection of texts, including the eponymous list of tax revenues of the Roman Church. 1193 was Honorius of Celestine III. included as a Cardinal of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in the College of Cardinals and was from 1194 to 1198 and head of the papal chancery.

On July 18, 1216 he was elevated to the papacy. As such, he tried the suzerainty over England and the rights of the minor King Henry III. to true. In 1217 he approved Christian of Prussia a crusade against the pagan Prussians and gave him the authority to establish dioceses and let build cathedrals.

In France reached its legacy that King Louis VIII in 1226 undertook a crusade against the Albigensians.

His relationship with the Sicilian and German king Frederick II was negatively affected by the postponement of the promised Orient crusade and his intervention in the diocese of occupations in Sicily. Yet Honorius crowned him on November 22, 1220 to the emperor. The crusade started without Friedrich of Damietta failed in 1221 in the Nile Delta. On his behalf, also a collection of decretals was created, the application of Honorius first made ​​obligatory. 1225 in the Treaty of San Germano committed Honorius the Emperor to begin no later than August 1227 a crusade. The failure of the departure the experiment did not live: Honorius died on March 18, 1227 in Rome.

He was succeeded by Pope Gregory IX. , In whose pontificate the tension between emperor and pope reached a new peak.

His great- nephew Giacomo Savelli was Pope Honorius IV as from 1285 to 1287 one of his successors.

Sources and Literature

  • Peter Pressutti, Regesta Honorii Papae III, 2 vols, Rome from 1885 to 1895, reprint Hildesheim 1978.
  • Ex Honorii III registro. In: Epistolae saeculi XIII e selectae regestis Romanorum Pontificum. Part 1 Edited by Charles Rodenberg. Berlin 1883, pp. 1-260 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
  • John Clausen: Honorius III, a monograph, . Reprint of the edition of 1895: Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004 ISBN 3-487-12056-9
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Honorius III .. In: Biographic- bibliographic church encyclopedia ( BBKL ). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm, 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8, Sp 1032-1033. (Articles / Articles beginning possibly in the Internet Archive )
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