Pope Callixtus II
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Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II, born Guy of Burgundy, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the In
Callixtus II as depicted in the Liber ad honorem Augusti by Peter of Eboli, 1196
Concordat of Worms
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The Concordat of Worms, also referred to as the Pactum Callixtinum or Pactum Calixtinum, was an agreement between the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire which regulated the procedure for the ap
Pope Callixtus II
…Papal States from February 1119 to his death in 1124. His pontificate was shaped by the Investiture Controversy, which he was able to settle through the Concordat of Worms in 1122. Guy became archbishop of Vienne and served as papal legate to France. He attended the Lateran Synod of 1112. He was elected pope at Cluny in…
20th-century interpretation of a medieval king investing a bishop
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
Henry V renounced his right to invest bishops and abbots with ring and crosier (pictured).