{"slug": "pope-gregory-vii", "label": "Pope Gregory VII", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133063", "qid": "Q133063", "description": "Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085", "entries": 15, "years": 14, "span": [1073, 1728], "span_label": ["1073 CE", "1728 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 13}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "henry-iv-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "castel-sant-angelo", "label": "Castel Sant'Angelo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "february", "label": "February", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-urban-ii", "label": "Pope Urban II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "worms-germany", "label": "Worms, Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "corsica", "label": "Corsica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-guiscard", "label": "Robert Guiscard", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1073, "year_label": "1073 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – The Judicate of Arborea (one of the four independent kingdoms in Sardinia) is recognised by Pope Gregory VII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270579#Europe", "title": "1073", "revid": 1365270579, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1074, "year_label": "1074 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Gregory VII temporarily excommunicates the Norman nobleman Robert Guiscard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339713038#Religion", "title": "1074", "revid": 1339713038, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1075, "year_label": "1075 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February", "text": "February – Pope Gregory VII holds a council in the Lateran Palace at Rome. He publishes a decree against laymen investiture (an act which will later cause the Investiture Controversy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265849#Religion", "title": "1075", "revid": 1365265849, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1076, "year_label": "1076 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Synod of Worms: Emperor Henry IV, holds a synod in Worms (modern Germany). The assembly declares Pope Gregory VII deposed, and the bishops abandon their allegiance to him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362789427#Europe", "title": "1076", "revid": 1362789427, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Walk to Canossa: Emperor Henry IV travels to the Castle of Canossa near Reggio Emilia (Northern Italy), to visit Pope Gregory VII. He waits (with his wife Bertha of Savoy and son Conrad) at the gates for three days, for absolution of his excommunication. Gregory lifts the sentence, imposing on Henry a vow to comply with certain conditions (see Investiture Controversy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Europe", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Pope Gregory VII appoints Landulf as bishop of Pisa. He makes him permanent legate of the Holy See in Corsica.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Religion", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1080, "year_label": "1080 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Wibert of Ravenna is elected as Antipope Clement III during the pro-imperial Synod of Brixen. Pope Gregory VII is deposed, signed in a decree by Henry IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363303187#Religion", "title": "1080", "revid": 1363303187, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1081, "year_label": "1081 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Gregory VII writes a letter to Bishop Hermann of Metz about the behavior of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1312347020#Religion", "title": "1081", "revid": 1312347020, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1082, "year_label": "1082 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, leads an expedition into Italy and besieges Rome. He gains entry and a synod is agreed upon by the Romans to rule on the dispute between Henry and Pope Gregory VII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070113#Europe", "title": "1082", "revid": 1267070113, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1083, "year_label": "1083 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor besieges Pope Gregory VII in Castel Sant'Angelo at Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070185#Europe", "title": "1083", "revid": 1267070185, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1084, "year_label": "1084 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Gregory VII, who has been forced by the presence in Rome of Henry IV to retreat to the Castel Sant'Angelo, is freed by Robert Guiscard and restores papal authority in Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072083#Religion", "title": "1084", "revid": 1267072083, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1085, "year_label": "1085 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Gregory VII, pope of the Catholic Church", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362159073#Deaths", "title": "1085", "revid": 1362159073, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1086, "year_label": "1086 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Pope Victor III succeeds Gregory VII as the 158th pope of the Catholic Church, though he does not accept election until 1087.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277859585#Religion", "title": "1086", "revid": 1277859585, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Antipope Clement III dies at Civita Castellana after a 20-year reign in opposition to the legitimate popes Gregory VII, Victor III and Urban II. Supporters of Emperor Henry IV in Rome choose Theodoric as his successor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Religion", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1728, "year_label": "1728 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand of Sovana), who served as pontiff from 1073 to 1085, is canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363462071#April–June", "title": "1728", "revid": 1363462071, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}