Hildebrand

E357729

Hildebrand is the birth name of Pope Gregory VII, the 11th-century reformist pope central to the Investiture Controversy and the Gregorian Reforms.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hildebrand canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Catholic reformer
Christian theologian
Pope
human
advisorTo Pope Alexander II
Pope Leo IX
Pope Nicholas II
advocated clerical celibacy
freedom of the Church from lay investiture
papal supremacy over secular rulers
alsoKnownAs Gregory VII
linked to: Pope Gregory VII

Pope Gregory VII
birthDate c. 1020
birthNameOf Pope Gregory VII
birthPlace Italy
Sovana
Tuscany
canonizationStatus saint
canonizedBy Pope Benedict XIII
conflict Investiture Controversy
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
deathDate 1085
deathPlace Salerno
educatedAt Lateran palace school
endTime 1085
era 11th century
feastDay 25 May
influenced development of canon law
medieval papal monarchy
memberOf Benedictine Order
linked to: Benedictines
notableFor Gregorian Reforms
linked to: Gregorian Reform

Investiture Controversy
church reform in the 11th century
notableWork Dictatus Papae
opponent Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
opposed lay investiture
simony
ordinalInOffice 157th Pope
papalName Gregory VII
linked to: Pope Gregory VII
positionHeld Pope
predecessor Alexander II
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
startTime 1073
successor Victor III
linked to: Pope Victor III
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workedAt Roman Curia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory VII alsoKnownAs Hildebrand
George Hildebrand hasFamilyName Hildebrand