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Matilda, detail of a miniature from Vita Mathildis by Donizo of Canossa, 12th century; in the Vatican Library (Vat. Lat. 4922).
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Also Known As Matilda the Great Countess • Matilde la Gran Contessa • Matilde di Canossa
Born 1046 • Lucca • Italy
Died July 24, 1115 (aged 69) • Italy
Role In Investiture Controversy

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Matilda, detail of a miniature from Vita Mathildis by Donizo of Canossa, 12th century; in the Vatican Library (Vat. Lat. 4922).
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Pope Gregory VII, after his expulsion from Rome, laying a ban of excommunication on the clergy “together with the raging king” (Henry IV of Germany), drawing from the 12th-century chronicle of Otto of Freising; in the library of the University of Jena, Germany.
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St. Anselm of Canterbury
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Henry IV
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Urban II
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Henry V and Pope Paschal II
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Edmer
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Sigebert Of Gembloux
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Callixtus II
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Robert
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Francesco da Sangallo
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Guido da Polenta
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo
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Piero del Pollaiuolo
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Antonio Galli Bibiena
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Francesco Bassano
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Francesco Galli Bibiena
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Antonio Contino
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