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5 facts about pope gregory vii.

Answer 1

1. Gregory VII (ca. 1020-1085) was pope from 1073 to 1085.

2. He vigorously initiated reforms and asserted the papal claim to primacy of jurisdiction in the Church.

3. Pope Gregory died an exile in Salerno. His last words were: "I have loved justice and hated iniquity; therefore, I [now] die in exile."

4. Hildebrand was born in Sovana in Tuscany. As a youth, he became a Benedictine monk.

5. He became pope at a time when powerful forces were striving to rid the Latin Church of moral corruption and organizational confusion.

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