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157th Roman Pontiff
St Gregory VII
GREGORIVS Septimus
Ildebrando di Soana, O.S.B.
157th Successor of St Peter · 1073–1085 · Italy · b. Sovana, March of Tuscany
1073
Elected
1085
Reign ended
12 years
Length
11th
Century
The Life
Subject of the March of Tuscany. Was of Lombard ethnicity. Initiated the Gregorian Reforms. Restricted the use of the papal title to the bishop of Rome. Member of the Order of Saint Benedict. Political struggle with Emperor Henry IV, who had to go to Canossa (1077).
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