Editing Pope Honorius III (section)

===Election===
[[File:Vad-0321 025 Honorius III (cropped).jpg|thumb|243px|Honorius depicted in a 13th-century manuscript from [[Weissenau Abbey]]]]
Innocent III died on 16 July 1216. Two days later, seventeen cardinals present at his death assembled to [[papal election, 1216|elect a new pope]]. The troubled state of affairs in Italy, the threatening attitude of the [[Tatars]], and the fear of a [[Schism (religion)|schism]] induced the cardinals to agree to an election by compromise. Cardinals Ugolino of Ostia (afterwards [[Pope Gregory IX]]) and Guido Papareschi were empowered to appoint the new pope. Their choice fell upon Cencio Savelli, who accepted the [[papal tiara|tiara]] with reluctance and took the name of Honorius III. He was consecrated at Perugia on 24 July 1216 and was crowned at Rome on 31&nbsp;August 1216. He took possession of the Lateran on 3 September 1216. The Roman people were greatly elated at the election, for Honorius III was himself a Roman and by his extreme kindness had endeared himself to the hearts of all.<ref name="Catholic"/>