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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Innocent m. Latin innocens 'innocent, harmless; virtuous, upright'.

The name of 9 popes, and one anti-pope, before 1600, as well as the name of various saints.

France
Latin
● 1132 Innocencius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 5; 1139 Innocentio (abl) HAP p. 372; 1141 Innocencius (nom) CartNDSaintes VII, Innocentii (gen) ibid. VII, Innocentius (nom) ibid. VII; 1201 Innocencius (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 16; 1245 Innocentius (nom) hennes-vol1 114; 1246 Innocencius (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 23b, Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 358; 1247 Innocentius (nom) KD-1 no. 7; 1248 Innocentius (nom) CartHaut 50, KD-1 no. 9, hennes-vol1 125; 1249 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 358, KD-1 no. 11; 1250 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 359; 1251 Innocencius (nom) POSDu V, Innocentius (nom) UrkMeck1 no. XLIII; 1254 Innocentii (gen) HAP p. 360
Middle French
● 1418 Innocent DdB1418 p. 196, HGParis p. 373; 1421 Innocent favier 1300; 1423 Innocent ibid. 247; 1572 Innocent RegPCC-1 p. 675
Germany
Latin
● 1142 Innocencio (abl) mairhofer I; 1143 Innocencius (nom) ibid. XIV; 1198 Innocentius (nom) hennes-vol1 4; 1208 Jnnocentio (abl) quix-vol2 124; 1210 Innocentius (nom) hennes-vol1 9; 1248 Jnnocentius (nom) quix-vol1 111
Ireland
Latin
● 1488 Innocentii (gen) RegOct 12; 1489 Innocencii (gen) ibid. 416, Innocencius (nom) ibid. 416
Israel
Latin
● 1277 Innocentii (gen) hennes-vol1 257
Italy
Latin
● 1138 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 330; 1142 Innocentius (nom) ibid. p. 331; 1198 Innocentii (gen) ChStBo1 V, Innocentius (nom) KD-1 no. 5; 1200 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 340; 1202 Innocentius (nom) ibid. p. 341; 1203? Innocencius (nom) POSDu IV; 1204 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 343; 1210 Innocentius (nom) ibid. p. 343; 1212 Innocentius (nom) ibid. p. 345; 1213 Innocentius (nom) ibid. p. 344; 1243 Innocentius (nom) hennes-vol1 111; 1244 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 355, hennes-vol1 113; 1254 Innocentius (nom) ibid. 151; 1276 Innocencii (gen) POSDu III, Innocencius (nom) ibid. III; 1277 Innocentius (nom) hennes-vol1 257; 1481 Innocentius (nom) HAP p. 367; 1491 Innocentius (nom) MHCG2 249; 1527 Innocentius (nom) Rome1527 p. 83
Italian
● 1513x1521 Inocenzo LeoX p. 24
Portugal
Latin
● 1246 Innocentius (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 14
Spain
Catalan
● 1489 Innocent carbonell-I p. 38
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Innocent". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Innocent.