Pope Gregory VII

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Pope human

Pope Gregory VII was an 11th-century reformist pope known for asserting papal authority over secular rulers and excommunicating Emperor Henry IV during the Investiture Controversy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gregory VII	1
Saint Gregory VII	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pope ⓘ human ⓘ
advocated	clerical celibacy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pope Gregory VII ⓘ surface form: Gregory VII Hildebrand ⓘ Pope Gregory VII ⓘ surface form: Saint Gregory VII
associatedWith	Canossa ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1020 ⓘ
birthName	Hildebrand of Sovana ⓘ
birthPlace	County of Aldobrandeschi ⓘ Sovana ⓘ Tuscany ⓘ
burialPlace	Salerno Cathedral ⓘ
canonizationStatus	saint ⓘ
conflict	Investiture Controversy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1085-05-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Principality of Salerno ⓘ Salerno ⓘ
era	11th century ⓘ
excommunicated	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
feastDay	May 25 ⓘ
implemented	Gregorian Reform measures ⓘ
influenced	medieval papal monarchy ⓘ
issued	Dictatus Papae ⓘ
knownFor	Gregorian Reform ⓘ Investiture Controversy ⓘ asserting papal authority over secular rulers ⓘ excommunicating Emperor Henry IV ⓘ
memberOf	Benedictines ⓘ
mentorOf	future reformist clergy ⓘ
notableWork	Dictatus Papae ⓘ
opponent	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
opposed	lay investiture ⓘ
papacyEnd	1085-05-25 ⓘ
papacyStart	1073-04-22 ⓘ
partOf	Gregorian Reform ⓘ surface form: Gregorian Reform movement
positionHeld	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ surface form: Pope of the Catholic Church
predecessor	Pope Alexander II ⓘ
promoted	papal supremacy ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
servedAs	archdeacon of the Roman Church ⓘ
servedUnder	Pope Leo IX ⓘ Pope Nicholas II ⓘ
successor	Pope Victor III ⓘ
supportedBy	Matilda of Tuscany ⓘ
veneratedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory VII → alsoKnownAs → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII → alsoKnownAs → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Gregory VII

Gregory → associatedWith → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Dictatus Papae → author → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Stephen I of Hungary → canonizedBy → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Council of Rome (1076) → convenedBy → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Wibert of Ravenna (Antipope Clement III) → declaredDeposed → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

subject surface form: Wibert of Ravenna

Wibert of Ravenna (Antipope Clement III) → excommunicatedBy → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

subject surface form: Wibert of Ravenna

Walk to Canossa → hasParticipant → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Investiture Controversy → involvedPerson → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Investiture Controversy → mainOpponent → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Papal States → notableLeader → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Sovereign of the Papal States → officeHolder → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor → opponent → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Wibert of Ravenna (Antipope Clement III) → opponentOf → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

subject surface form: Wibert of Ravenna

Council of Rome (1076) → participants → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Council of Rome (1076) → presidedOverBy → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Council of Rome (1076) → relatedTo → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Matilda of Tuscany → supported → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ

Rudolf of Rheinfelden → supportedBy → Pope Gregory VII ⓘ