c.1020 - 10850
Pope
He excommunicated the emperor Henry IV forcing him to travel to Canossa in Italy to plead for absolution.
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Gregory VII c.1020 - 10850 Pope |
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Gregory, known as Hildebrand before he became pope, was the most eminent medieval pope.
He asserted his supremacy with the demand that the pope had
the right to depose an emperor if the monarch was immoral.
He excommunicated the emperor Henry IV forcing him to travel to Canossa in Italy to plead for absolution. |
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