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Pope Gregory VII (Latin: Gregorius VII; c. 1015 – 25 May 1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana (Italian: Ildebrando di Soana), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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May 11, 2018 · Gregory VII (ca. 1020-1085) was pope from 1073 to 1085. One of the greatest medieval popes, later canonized, he was a man of intense conviction and will. He vigorously initiated reforms and asserted the papal claim to primacy of jurisdiction in the Church.
Step into history with this illuminated medieval manuscript, portraying Saint Pope Gregory VII in majestic papal regalia. Saint Pope Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Sovana (c. 1020–25 May 1085), stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.
May 21, 2024 · St. Gregory VII ; canonized 1606; feast day, May 25) was one of the greatest popes of the medieval church, who lent his name to the 11th-century movement now known as the Gregorian Reform or Investiture Controversy. Gregory VII was the first pope to depose a crowned ruler, Emperor Henry IV.
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Gregorian Reform, eleventh-century religious reform movement associated with its most forceful advocate, Pope Gregory VII (reigned 1073–85). Although long associated with church-state conflict, the reform’s main concerns were the moral integrity and independence of the clergy.
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Upon clergy and laity alike, Gregory rigorously imposed a duty of refraining from simony (the buying and selling of orders and offices in the church); this was an aspect of Gregory's progressively intensified concern for "free" ecclesiastical elections, i.e. elections from which improper lay intervention was excluded.
