# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-victor-ii
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:35:15.131Z

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name: "Pope Victor II"
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country:
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deathDate: "1057-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Gebhard von Dollnstein-Hirschberg around 1018, he was elevated to the papacy on 13 April 1055 — one in a string of German appointees brought in to drive what would become known as the Gregorian Reform. He ruled both the Catholic Church and the Papal States through a brief, intense tenure aimed at purging the ecclesiastical rot of the era. On 28 July 1057, two years and three months after his election, he died, leaving the reform project to the popes who followed.