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===Death and legacy=== [[File:Innocent III bas-relief in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.jpg|thumb|Innocent III honored by the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]]] The Council had set the beginning of the Fifth Crusade for 1217, under the direct leadership of the Church. After the Council, in the spring of 1216, Innocent moved to northern Italy in an attempt to reconcile the maritime cities of [[Pisa]] and [[Genoa]] by removing the excommunication cast over Pisa by his predecessor Celestine III and concluding a pact with Genoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sthweb.bu.edu/archives |title=School of Theology |publisher=Sthweb.bu.edu |date=2 September 2009 |access-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703201605/http://sthweb.bu.edu/archives/ |archive-date=3 July 2009 }}</ref> Innocent III, however, died suddenly at [[Perugia]]<ref name="catholic.encyclopedia.ott.michael.1910"/> on 16 July 1216.{{sfn|Moore|2003|p=288}} He was buried in the [[cathedral of Perugia]], where his body remained until [[Pope Leo XIII]] had it transferred to the [[Lateran]] in December 1891.<ref name="catholic.encyclopedia.ott.michael.1910"/> Innocent is one of two popes (the other being [[Pope Gregory IX|Gregory IX]]) among the 23 historical figures depicted in marble relief portraits above the gallery doors of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in honor of their influence on the development of American law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/art/relief-portrait-plaques-lawgivers/innocent-iii |title=Innocent III |publisher=Architect of the Capitol |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> Polish–American sculptor [[Joseph Kiselewski]] created the likeness of Innocent in the House in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sculpture |url=https://www.kiselewskisculpture.com/ |access-date=19 April 2023 |website=Joseph Kiselewski |language=en}}</ref>
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