Hildebrand

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Hildebrand is the birth name of Pope Gregory VII, the 11th-century reformist pope central to the Investiture Controversy and the Gregorian Reforms.

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Label Occurrences
Hildebrand canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Catholic reformer
Christian theologian
Pope
human
advisorTo Pope Alexander II
Pope Leo IX
Pope Nicholas II
advocated clerical celibacy
freedom of the Church from lay investiture
papal supremacy over secular rulers
alsoKnownAs Pope Gregory VII
surface form: Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII
birthDate c. 1020
birthNameOf Pope Gregory VII
birthPlace Italy
Sovana
Tuscany
canonizationStatus saint
canonizedBy Pope Benedict XIII
conflict Investiture Controversy
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
deathDate 1085
deathPlace Salerno
educatedAt Lateran palace school
endTime 1085
era 11th century
feastDay 25 May
influenced development of canon law
medieval papal monarchy
memberOf Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine Order
notableFor Gregorian Reform
surface form: Gregorian Reforms

Investiture Controversy
church reform in the 11th century
notableWork Dictatus Papae
opponent Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
opposed lay investiture
simony
ordinalInOffice 157th Pope
papalName Pope Gregory VII
surface form: Gregory VII
positionHeld Pope
predecessor Alexander II
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
startTime 1073
successor Pope Victor III
surface form: Victor III
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
workedAt Roman Curia

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Pope Gregory VII alsoKnownAs Hildebrand
George Hildebrand hasFamilyName Hildebrand