Callixtus II
1065 – 1124 · aged 59
Pope from 1119 to 1124
- Born
- 1065 · Quingey
- Died
- 1124 · Rome
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- 1065BornBorn in Quingey
- 1088 – 1119RoleCatholic archbishop
- 1119 – 1124RolePope
- 1124DiedDied in Rome
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- 1066Battle of Hastings
- 1096 – 1099First Crusade
Biography
Pope Callixtus II or Callistus II (c. 1065 – 13 December 1124), 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 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 1119. The following year, prompted by attacks on Jews, he issued the bull Sicut Judaeis which forbade Christians, on pain of excommunication, from forcing Jews to convert, from harming them, from taking their property, from disturbing the celebration of their festivals, and from interfering with their cemeteries. In March 1123, Calixtus II convened the First Lateran Council, which passed several disciplinary decrees, such as those against simony and concubinage among the clergy, and violators of the Truce of God.
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