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Title: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on April 25, 2018, 04:56:24 PM In 1025 Hildebrand was born in Tuscany, Italy. He went to France where he embraced the monastic state in the Abbey of Cluny.
He helped to carry out the reforms of Pope Leo IX. He succeeded Leo in 1073. Hildebrand took the name of Gregory VII. Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on September 26, 2018, 08:30:34 PM Gregory VII issued the Dictatus Papae in 1073.
This proclaimed the supremacy of the pope and avowed the pope inherited the personal sanctity of St. Peter. Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on November 07, 2018, 09:24:49 PM Gregory VII was the first Pope to depose a crowned ruler, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.
Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on November 23, 2018, 06:27:12 PM Gregory founded a monastery in his house in Rome, which became the Benedictine Monastery of St. Andrew.
Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: Shin on November 24, 2018, 10:50:07 AM St. Gregory VII pray for us!
Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 09, 2020, 09:22:37 PM Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV appointed Antipope Clement III to oppose Pope Gregory VII in the political power struggles between the Catholic Church and his empire. Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on March 10, 2021, 05:18:44 PM Between 1058 and 1059, Hildebrand was made archdeacon of the Roman church, becoming the most important figure in the papal administration. Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on July 05, 2022, 06:45:26 PM Between 1058 and 1059, Hildebrand was made archdeacon of the Roman church. He was the most powerful figure behind the election of Anselm of Lucca the Elder as Pope Alexander II in the papal election of October 1061. Title: Re: Saint Gregory VII Post by: CyrilSebastian on September 22, 2022, 04:51:28 PM After the demise of his father Gregory built six monasteries in Sicily. He founded a seventh in his own home in Rome, which became the Benedictine Monastery of St. Andrew. |