Pope Saint Gelasius II
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- Also known as
- Giovanni de Gaeta
- Memorial
- 29 January
- Profile
- Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino.
Counsellor to Pope Pascal II.
Cardinal.
Chancellor of the Vatican.
Chosen 161st Pope.
His election was contested by Cenzio Frangipani who imprisoned him; a Roman mob rescued him and placed him on the throne.
He struggled with Holy Roman Emperor Henry V and his appointed anti-pope, Maurice Bourdin, for control of the corporate church, and fled to France to escape their forces.
- Born
- c.1058 at Gaeta, Italy as Giovanni de Gaeta
- Papal Ascension
- 24 January 1118
- Died
- 29 January 1119 at Cluny, France of pleurisy
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