See also:VICTOR III
.
(Dauferius Epifani), See also:pope from the 24th of May io86 to the 16th of See also:September 1087, was the successor of See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory VII
.
He was a son of Landolfo V., See also:prince of See also:Benevento, and was See also:born in 1027
.
After studying in various monasteries he became See also:provost of St See also:Benedict at See also:Capua, and in 1055 obtained permission from See also:Victor II. to enter the See also:cloister at See also:Monte Cassino, changing his name to See also:Desiderius
.
He succeeded See also:Stephen IX. as See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot in 1057, and his See also:rule marks the See also:golden See also:age of that celebrated monastery; he promoted See also:literary activity, and established an important school of See also:mosaic
.
Desiderius was created See also:cardinal See also:priest of Sta See also:Cecilia by See also:Nicholas II. in 1059, and as papal See also:vicar in See also:south See also:Italy conducted frequent negotiations between the See also:Normans and the pope
.
Among the four men suggested by Gregory VII. on his See also:death-See also:bed as most worthy to succeed him was Desiderius, who was favoured by the cardinals because of his See also:great learning, his connexion with the Normans and his See also:diplomatic ability
.
The abbot, however, declined the papal See also:crown, and the See also:year 1o85 passed without an See also:election
.
The cardinals at length proclaimed him pope against his will on the 24th of May Io86, but he was driven from See also:Rome by imperialists before his See also:consecration was See also:complete, and, laying aside the papal insignia at See also:Terracina, he retired to his beloved monastery
.
As vicar of the See also:Holy See he convened a See also:synod at Capua on the 7th of See also:March Io87, resumed the papal insigniaon the 21st of March, and received tardy consecration at Rome on the 9th of May
.
Owing to the presence of the antipope, See also:Clement III
.
(See also:Guibert of See also:Ravenna), who had powerful partisans, his stay at Rome was brief
.
He sent an See also:army to See also:Tunis, which defeated the See also:Saracens and compelled the See also:sultan to pay See also:tribute to the papal see
.
In See also:August ro87 he held a synod at Benevento, which renewed the See also:excommunication of Guibert; banned See also:Archbishop See also:Hugo of See also:Lyons and Abbot See also:Richard of See also:Marseilles as schismatics; and confirmed the See also:prohibition of See also:lay See also:investiture
.
Falling See also:ill at the synod, Vicar returned to Monte Cassino, where he died on the 16th of September ro87
.
He was buried at the monastery and is accounted a See also:saint by the See also:Benedictine See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order
.
His successor was See also:Urban II
.
Victor III., while abbot of Monte Cassino contributed personally to the literary activity of the monastery
.
He wrote Dialogi de miraculis S
.
Benedicli, which, along with his Epistolae, are in J
.
P
.
See also:Migne, See also:Patrol
.
See also:Lat. vol
.
149, and an See also:account of the miracles of See also:Leo IX
.
(in Acta Sanctorum, 19th of See also:April)
.
The See also:chief See also:sources for his See also:life are the " Chronica monasterii Casinensis," in the Mon
.
Germ. hist
.
Script. vii., and the Vitae in J
.
P
.
Migne, Patrol
.
Lat. vol
.
149, and in J
.
M
.
Watterich, Pontif
.
See also:Roman
.
Vitae
.
See J
.
See also:Langen, Geschichte deriromischen Kirche von Gregor VII. bis Innocenz III
.
(See also:Bonn, 1893) ; F
.
See also:Gregorovius, Rome in the See also:Middle Ages, vol
.
4, trans. by Mrs G
.
W
.
See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton (See also:London, 1900—2) ; K
.
J. von See also:Hefele, Conciliengeschichte (2nd ed., 1873—90), vol
.
See also:Hirsch, " Desiderius von Monte Cassino als Papst Victor III.," in Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte, vol
.
7 (See also:Gottingen, 1867) ; H
.
H
.
See also:Milman, See also:History of Latin See also:Christianity, vol
.
3 (repub
.
London, 1899)
.
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