Pope Gelasius II
Pope from 1118 to 1119 · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1060 to 1119 · aged 59
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Something wrong?He held the papacy for exactly one year, most of it spent fleeing the emperor who wanted to control him. The struggle over who appointed bishops - Rome or the crown - turned his entire reign into a chase across medieval Europe.
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About this person
Giovanni Caetani was a monk at Monte Cassino and served as chancellor under Pope Paschal II before the cardinals unanimously elected him in January 1118. The timing was grim: he inherited an empire-sized problem the moment he took the name Gelasius II. Emperor Henry V wanted the power to appoint bishops, and the new pope refused to bend. What followed was less a papacy than a long escape, with Gelasius spending much of his single year in office on the run. He died in exile on 29 January 1119, a year and five days after his election, the investiture conflict still burning.
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