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Calixtus II

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Or Callistus II

noun

  1. died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.


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One of his sons, Guy, became pope, under the name of Calixtus II.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various

Siege of Sutri by the army of Pope Calixtus II, and surrender of Antipope Gregory.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Henry V and Calixtus II compromise, at the Diet of Worms, the dispute respecting the right of investiture.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Thurstan was supported by three successive Popes, and was at length consecrated at Rheims by Calixtus II.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock

In 1122–3 a council was held at Rome, in the church of St. John of Lateran, by Pope Calixtus II.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 12, December, 1880 by Aaron Walker

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