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Also known as: Giovanni da Gaetan, John of Gaeta
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Original name:
Giovanni Da Gaeta, English John Of Gaeta
Died:
Jan. 29, 1119, Cluny, Burgundy
Title / Office:
pope (1118-1119)
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Gelasius II (born, Gaeta, Kingdom of Naples—died Jan. 29, 1119, Cluny, Burgundy) was the pope from 1118 to 1119. He was called to Rome from Montecassino, Italy, by Pope Urban II, who created him cardinal (1088) and papal chancellor (1089). He was elected pope on Jan. 24, 1118, as successor to Paschal II, whose pontificate had been damaged by dissension from the “investiture controversy,” an administrative struggle between the popes and the Holy Roman emperors over the right to grant titles to ecclesiastics. Paschal’s attempt to end the struggle with the Holy Roman emperor Henry V in 1111 had caused ...(100 of 176 words)

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