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Victor II
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Quick Facts
- Original name:
- Gebhard Of Dollnstein-hirschberg
- Born:
- c. 1018,, Swabia
- Died:
- July 28, 1057, Arezzo, Tuscany [Italy]
- Title / Office:
- pope (1055-1057)
Victor II (born c. 1018, Swabia—died July 28, 1057, Arezzo, Tuscany [Italy]) was the pope from 1055 to 1057. Victor was of noble birth and was appointed bishop of Eichstätt in 1042. He eventually became chief adviser to the Holy Roman emperor Henry III, who in 1054 nominated him as Pope St. Leo IX’s successor. After his consecration on April 13, 1055, Victor joined Henry at Florence. There, in June, they held a council that condemned clerical marriages and simony. In similar synods at Lyon (1055) and Toulouse (1056), he expanded his clerical reform. In 1056 he was summoned to ...(100 of 140 words)