Pope Paschal II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1099 to 1118 · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1050 to 1118 · aged 68
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Something wrong?He held the throne of St. Peter for nearly two decades at the turn of the twelfth century, a span that made him one of the longest-reigning medieval popes - a tenure that bridged the First Crusade's aftermath and the sharpening clash between sacred and imperial power.
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Born Raniero Raineri di Bleda sometime between 1050 and 1055, he took vows as a monk at the Abbey of Cluny. In 1073 Pope Gregory VII elevated him to cardinal-priest of San Clemente. He rose to the papacy on 19 August 1099, six days after his predecessor Urban II died, and inherited a church still vibrating from the crusade's success. His pontificate stretched almost twenty years - until his death on 21 January 1118 - a run of unusual endurance for the age, outlasting emperors and weathering the pressures that came with ruling both souls and the Papal States.
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