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INNOCENT II

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INNOCENT II . (Gregorio Paparesci dei Guidoni), See also:pope from 1130 to 1143, was originally a See also:Benedictine See also:monk. His ability, pure See also:life and See also:political connexions raised him rapidly to See also:power. Made See also:cardinal See also:deacon of Sant Angelo in Pescheria by See also:Paschal II. he was employed in various See also:diplomatic See also:missions. See also:Calixtus II. appointed him one of the ambassadors who made See also:peace with the See also:Empire and See also:drew up the See also:Concordat of See also:Worms (1122), and in the following See also:year, with his later enemy Cardinal See also:Peter Pierleoni, he was papal See also:legate in See also:France. On the 13th of See also:February 1130 See also:Honorius II. died, and on that See also:night a minority of the Sacred See also:College elected Paparesci, who took the name of Innocent-H. After a hasty See also:consecration he was forced to take See also:refuge with a friendly See also:noble by the See also:faction of Pierleoni, who was elected pope under the name of Anacletus II. by a See also:majority of the cardinals. Declaring that the cardinals had been intimidated, Innocent refused to recognize their choice; by See also:June, however, he was obliged to flee to France. Here his See also:title was recognized by a See also:synod called by See also:Bernard of See also:Clairvaux at See also:Etampes. Similar See also:action was taken in See also:Germany by the synod of See also:Wurzburg.

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