Calixtus II
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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
The election of Diego's friend, Calixtus II, to the papacy, gave him his supreme opportunity.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
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
We have rendered our homage to some: for instance, to a Gregory II. in the eighth century; a Leo IV. in the ninth; to Calixtus II.
From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou
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
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