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Callistus II Born Guido of Burgandy c. 1050, Callistus II signed and promulgated the Concordat of Worms in 1122, which settled the long-standing dispute over ... Read More
Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, 1119, is signalized by the termination of the Investiture controversy which, begun in the time of Gregory VII, had raged with almost unabated bitterness during the last quarter of the eleventh century and the opening years of the twelfth. Guido, as he was called before his elevation to the papacy, was the son of Count ... Read More
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