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CALIXTUS II

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 54 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALIXTUS II . (d. 1124), See also:pope from II19 to 1I24, was Guido, a member of a See also:noble Burgundian See also:family, who became See also:archbishop of See also:Vienne about 1088, and belonged to the party which favoured reform in the See also:Church. In See also:September 1112, after Pope See also:Paschal II. had made a surrender to the See also:emperor See also:Henry V., Guido called a See also:council at Vienne, which declared against See also:lay See also:investiture, and excommunicated Henry. In See also:February 1119 he was chosen pope at See also:Cluny in See also:succession to See also:Gelasius II., and in opposition to the See also:anti-pope See also:Gregory VIII., who was in See also:Rome. Soon after his See also:consecration he opened negotiations with the emperor with a view to settling the dispute over investiture. Terms of See also:peace were arranged, but at the last moment difficulties arose and the treaty was abandoned; and in See also:October 1119 both emperor and anti-pope were excommunicated at a See also:synod held at See also:Reims. The See also:journey of Calixtus to Rome See also:early in 1120 was a triumphal See also:march. He was received with See also:great See also:enthusiasm in the See also:city, while Gregory, having fled to See also:Sutri, was delivered into his hands and treated with great ignominy. Through the efforts of some See also:German princes negotiations between pope and emperor were renewed, and the important See also:Concordat of See also:Worms made in September 1122 was the result. This treaty, made possible by concessions on either See also:side, settled the investiture controversy, and was confirmed by the Lateran council of March 1123. During his See also:short reign Calixtus strengthened the authority of the papacy in See also:southern See also:Italy by military expeditions, and restored several buildings within the city of Rome.

During preparations for a crusade he died in Rome on the 13th or 14th of See also:

December 1124. See M. See also:Maurer, See also:Pabst Calixt H. (See also:Munich, 1889); U. See also:Robert, Histoire du ',See also:ape Calixte H. (See also:Paris, 1891) ; and A. Hauck's Realencyklopadie, See also:Band iii. (See also:Leipzig, 1897).

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