Pope election 1073

In the papal election in 1073 , which had become necessary after the death of Alexander II , Hildebrand von Soana , cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica and archdeacon of the Roman Church, was elected Pope as Gregory VII .

prehistory

Already Leo IX. had towards Emperor Heinrich III. insisted on being elected Pope and thus Bishop of Rome by the people and clergy of Rome . After Leo's death Hildebrand was supposed to be made pope, but the emperor appointed Bishop Gebhard von Eichstätt to be Pope Viktor II. His pontificate lasted until 1057.

After the short pontificate of Stephen IX. , the intermezzo of the antipope Benedict X. , the term of office of Nicholas II and the unexpected death of Alexander II , the Roman people demanded that Hildebrand be elevated to pope on April 22nd, 1073 during the burial of Alexander II.

Choice of inspiration

According to contemporary reports, people are said to have shouted: "Hildebrand should be Pope!" On the same day, Hildebrand was elected, proclaimed and acclaimed Pope by the Roman clergy and a crowd of both sexes and all classes, although this choice of inspiration was probably also unforeseen for him . As a deacon he was ordained a priest on May 22nd, 1073 and ordained a bishop on June 30th of the same year .

literature

• Uta-Renate Blumenthal : Gregory VII Pope between Canossa and church reform. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-89678-198-7 , p. 136 f.

Web links

• Election of April 22, 1073. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed June 30, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Matthias Schrör: Iussit eum Papa Rome residere - Halinard of Lyon and the papal election of 1048/49 . In: Roman quarterly . No. 100 , 2005, pp. 30-50 .