 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akatora rutivi mumisangano yaOctober naDecember 1187 iyo yakasarudza Papa Gregory VIII naPapa Clement III. Iye naKardinal Pietro Diana vakatumwa kuzopindira pakati peGenoa nePisa. Akatorawo rutivi muconclave ya 1191 iyo yakasarudza papa Celestine III uye iyo ya 1198. Mukati mezhizha ra 1198 iye nomukardinali Pietro Capuano vakasarudzwa kuva nhume dzapapa dzokutevera hondo yavaKrusader yakanga yava kuda kutanga hondo itsva. Pasinei naizvozvo Soffredo akaramba ari mucuria uye Capuano akaenda kuVenice kunogadzirira kuti ayambuke. Muna 1201 chitsauko chechechi huru yeRavenna chakamukumbira kuva bhishopi mukuru wavo, asi papa akasarudza kusabvumidza ikoku sezvo aida kuchengeta mufundisi wacho mudare rake muRoma. Kusvikira pakupera kwaMay 1202, apo pakupedzisira akaenda kuNyika Tsvene, Soffredo akaramba ari mucuria uye akamiririra kupomerwa mumatare anoverengeka. 