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St. Gregory VII, original name Hildebrand, Italian Ildebrando, (born c. 1025, near Sovana, Papal States—died May 25, 1085, Salerno, Principality of Salerno; canonized 1606; feast day, May 25), one of the greatest popes of the medieval church, who lent his name to the 11th-century movement now known as the Gregorian Reform or Investiture Controversy. Gregory VII was the first pope to depose a crowned ruler, Emperor Henry IV (1056–1105/06). With this revolutionary act, Gregory translated his personal religious and mystical convictions regarding the role of the papacy into direct action in the world at large. He was canonized by Pope Paul V in 1606, but until 1728 his feast was limited to Sovana, his most likely place of birth, and Salerno, where the 900th anniversary of his death was celebrated in the presence of Pope John Paul II in 1985.

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𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩; 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦.