Pope Gregory VII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
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ItalyHe 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.
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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 a…
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