Pope Gelasius II
?–1119 CE · Gaeta
John of Gaeta, a learned monk of Monte Cassino who served long as papal chancellor and reformed the curial chancery's Latin style, became Gelasius II in 1118. His brief reign was beset by violence: immediately after election he was assaulted by the Frangipani, a powerful Roman family, then driven from Rome when Emperor Henry V arrived and set up an antipope, Gregory VIII. Gelasius fled to France, taking refuge at Cluny, where he died in 1119. His harried pontificate underscored how unresolved the investiture conflict and Roman factionalism remained, leaving to his successor the task of negotiating a settlement.
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- Pope Benedict IX (2nd reign)· 1012 CE–1056 CE
- Pope Benedict IX (3rd reign)· 1012 CE–1056 CE
- Pope St. Gregory VII· 1015 CE–1085 CE
- Pope Victor II· 1018 CE–1057 CE
- Anselm of Canterbury· 1033 CE–1109 CE
- Pope Bl. Urban II· 1035 CE–1099 CE
- Peter Abelard· 1079 CE–1142 CE
- Bernard of Clairvaux· 1090 CE–1153 CE
- Hugh of Saint-Victor· 1096 CE–1141 CE
- Peter Lombard· 1096 CE–1160 CE
- Hildegard of Bingen· 1098 CE–1179 CE
- Pope Paschal II· –1118 CE
- Pope Callixtus II· –1124 CE
- Pope Honorius II· –1130 CE
- Pope Celestine II· –1144 CE
- Pope Lucius II· –1145 CE
- Pope Bl. Eugene III· –1153 CE
- Pope Anastasius IV· –1154 CE
- Pope Adrian IV· –1159 CE
- Pope Alexander II· –1073 CE
- Richard of Saint-Victor· –1173 CE
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- Alexios I Komnenos· 1057 CE–1118 CE
- Vladimir Monomakh· 1053 CE–1125 CE
- Lord Eight Deer 'Jaguar Claw'· 1063 CE–1115 CE
- Barkiyaruq· 1080 CE–1105 CE
- Kilij Arslan I· 1079 CE–1107 CE
- Malik-Shah I· 1055 CE–1092 CE
- Muhammad I Tapar· 1082 CE–1118 CE
- Lady Six Monkey 'War Quechquemitl'· –1101 CE
- Mstislav I of Kiev (Mstislav the Great)· 1076 CE–1132 CE
- al-Mustansir Billah· 1029 CE–1094 CE
- Emperor Huizong of Song· 1082 CE–1135 CE
- William the Conqueror· 1028 CE–1087 CE
- al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah· 1096 CE–1130 CE
- John II Komnenos· 1087 CE–1143 CE
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