Gregory VII
Also known as Pope Gregory VII, Hildebrand of Sovana, Ildebrando da Soana, Gregorius VII, Pope Saint Gregory VII, Hildebrand
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
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Gregory VII was a Pope of the Catholic Church who led the Church from 1073 to 1085 during a pivotal period in medieval history. He is remembered as an influential religious leader whose papacy shaped the relationship between church and state during his time.
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- Born
- ca. 1015
- Died
- 1085
- Works
- 4
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- Monumenta Gregoriana
- The register of Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085
- Quellen zum Investiturstreit
- The Epistolae vagantes of Pope Gregory VII
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Pope Gregory VII (Latin: Gregorius VII; c. 1015 – 25 May 1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana (Italian: Ildebrando di Soana), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
One of the great reforming popes, he initiated the Gregorian Reform, and is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Emperor Henry IV to establish the primacy of papal authority and the new canon law governing the election of the pope by the College of Cardinals. He was also at the forefront of developments in the relationship between the emperor and the papacy in the years preceding his election as pope. He was the first pope to introduce a policy of obligatory celibacy for the clergy, which had until then commonly married, and also attacked the practice of simony.