Gelasius II

Also known as Giovanni Caetani, Pope Gelasius II

Pope from 1118 to 1119

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Gelasius II was a pope who led the Catholic Church for just one year, from 1118 to 1119. Though his papacy was brief, he served during an important period of church history when the papacy was working to establish its independence from secular rulers.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Giovanni
Gender: male
Place of birth: Gaeta
Place of death: Cluny Abbey
Occupation: writer
Position held: Pope
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: GelasioII.gif
Work location: Papal States
Religious order: Benedictines

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date of birth: 1060-01-01
consecrator: Honorius II
place of burial: Cluny Abbey
Commons category: Gelasius II
date of death: 1119-01-29
described by source: Wikitólica
canonization status: saint
feast day: January 29

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Gelasius II, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Paschalis II, Gelasii II, Calixti II Romanorum pontificum epistolae et privilegia

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060/1064 – 29 January 1119), born Giovanni Caetani or Giovanni da Gaeta (also called Coniulo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1118 to his death in 1119. A monk of Monte Cassino and chancellor of Pope Paschal II, Caetani was unanimously elected to succeed him. In doing so, he also inherited the conflict with Emperor Henry V over investiture. Gelasius spent a good part of his brief papacy in exile.

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Gelasius II

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