# Pope Gregory VII

> He excommunicated an emperor three times, banned clergy from marrying, and rewrote the rules for who could crown a pope — all to yank power from kings and plant it in Rome. Some called him the greatest reformer the Church ever had. Others accused him of necromancy and tyranny.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-gregory-vii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1020
- **Died:** 1085-05-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Hildebrand of Sovana around 1015, he spent years maneuvering behind the scenes before becoming pope on 22 April 1073. He launched the Gregorian Reform: mandatory celibacy for priests, a crackdown on simony, and a new canon law that put papal elections in the hands of cardinals alone. The collision came with Emperor Henry IV over who held the right to appoint bishops — the Investiture Controversy. Gregory excommunicated Henry three times; Henry responded by installing Antipope Clement III. Gregory died in exile on 25 May 1085, denounced by enemies as autocratic and cruel, later venerated as a saint. Centuries on, he remains the template for papal supremacy — championed and reviled in equal measure.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 67.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 24.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #40

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133063)
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- [Грыгорый VII (Папа Рымскі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_VII_(%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
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- [Gregor VII](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_VII)
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- [Gáu-huòng Gregorius 7-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Gregorius_7-si%C3%A9)
- [Řehoř VII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%98eho%C5%99_VII.)
- [Pave Gregor 7.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Gregor_7.)
- [Gregor VII.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_VII.)
- [Gregorius VII](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_VII)
- [Πάπας Γρηγόριος Ζ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%96%CE%84)
- [Gregorio la 7-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_la_7-a)
- [Gregorio VII](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_VII)
- [Gregorius VII](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_VII)
- [Gregorio VII.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_VII.a)
- [پاپ گریگوری هفتم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%85)
- [Gregorius VII](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_VII)
- [Grégoire VII](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9goire_VII)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C5%98eho%C5%99_VII.)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gregor_VII.)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Gregorio_VII)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grzegorz_VII)

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