Hildebrand of Sovana

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11th-century pope Catholic priest Christian monk Italian person human pope reformer

Hildebrand of Sovana, later known as Pope Gregory VII, was an 11th-century reformist pope who played a central role in the Investiture Controversy and the strengthening of papal authority over secular rulers.

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Label Occurrences
Hildebrand of Sovana canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century pope ⓘ
Catholic priest ⓘ
Christian monk ⓘ
Italian person ⓘ
human ⓘ
pope ⓘ
reformer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
surface form: Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
birthDate circa 1020 ⓘ
birthName Hildebrand of Sovana self-link ⓘ
birthPlace County of Aldobrandeschi ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Sovana ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
conflict Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
deathDate 1085-05-25 ⓘ
deathPlace Italy ⓘ
Principality of Salerno ⓘ
Salerno ⓘ
educatedAt Monastery of Santa Maria on the Aventine ⓘ
endTime 1085-05-25 ⓘ
feastDay May 25 ⓘ
influenced development of papal monarchy ⓘ
issued excommunication of Henry IV ⓘ
knownFor Gregorian Reform ⓘ
Investiture Controversy ⓘ
asserting papal supremacy over the Church ⓘ
combating simony ⓘ
enforcing clerical celibacy ⓘ
strengthening papal authority over secular rulers ⓘ
memberOf Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Benedictine Order
notableWork Dictatus Papae ⓘ
papacyEnd 1085 ⓘ
papacyStart 1073 ⓘ
papalName Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
surface form: Gregory VII
participantIn Council of Worms (1076) response by Henry IV ⓘ
surface form: Council of Worms (1076) conflict

Investiture Controversy ⓘ
positionHeld Archdeacon of the Roman Church ⓘ
Cardinal deacon ⓘ
Papal chaplain ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
predecessor Pope Alexander II ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity ⓘ
startTime 1073-04-22 ⓘ
successor Pope Victor III ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

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Pope Gregory VII → birthName → Hildebrand of Sovana ⓘ
Hildebrand of Sovana → birthName → Hildebrand of Sovana self-link ⓘ