Q:What key details about pope gregory vii can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: saint gregory vii -lrb- ; 1015/1028 -- 25 may 1085 -rrb- , born hildebrand of sovana -lrb- -rrb- , was pope from 22 april 1073 to his death in 1085 . gregory vii was beatified by pope gregory xiii in 1584 and canonized in 1728 by pope benedict xiii . one of the great reforming popes , he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the investiture controversy , his dispute with henry iv , holy roman emperor that affirmed the primacy of papal authority and the new canon law governing the election of the pope by the college of cardinals . he was also at the forefront of developments in the relationship between the emperor and the papacy during the years before he became pope . he was the first pope in several centuries to rigorously enforce the church 's ancient policy of celibacy for the catholic clergy and attacked the practice of simony . he thrice excommunicated henry , who in the end appointed antipope clement iii to oppose him in the political power struggles between the catholic church and his empire . hailed as one of the greatest of the roman pontiffs after his reforms proved successful , gregory vii was , during his own reign , despised by some for his expansive use of papal powers . the pope having been such a prominent champion of papal supremacy , his memory was evoked on many occasions in later generations , both positively and negatively , often reflecting later writers ' attitude to the catholic church and the papacy . benno of meissen , who opposed gregory vii in the investiture controversy , leveled against him charges such as necromancy , torture of a former friend upon a bed of nails , commissioning an attempted assassination , executions without trials , unjust excommunication , doubting the real presence of the eucharist , and even burning the eucharist . this was eagerly repeated by later opponents of the catholic church , such as the english protestant john foxe . joseph mccabe describes gregory as a '' rough and violent peasant , enlisting his brute strength in the service of the...
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- birth name is ildebrando di soana- predecessor is alexander ii- venerated is roman catholic church- birth date is c. 1020- patronage is diocese of sovana- death date is 25 may 1085- canonized date is 24 may 1728- term end is 25 may 1085- created cardinal by is pope nicholas ii- name is gregory vii- attributes is papal vestments papal tiara- death place is salerno , duchy of apulia- birth place is sovana , tuscany , holy roman empire- other is gregory- previous post is cardinal-deacon -rrb- of santa maria domnica -lrb- 1058 -- 73- canonized by is pope benedict xiii- type is pope- consecration is 30 june 1073- successor is victor iii- ordination is 22 may 1073- image size is 220px- beatified date is 1584- cardinal is 6 march 1058- beatified by is pope gregory xiii- feast day is 25 may- term start is 22 april 1073- image is gregory vii.jpg