[NYer]

Ping!

[SgtHooper]

Does canonization mean they get better benefits? What is the point of all this?

[RegulatorCountry]

He is also considered the first pope.

I suspect it's news to him.

[Verginius Rufus]

Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand) is famous for his lengthy battle with the Emperor Henry IV. He died in Salerno; his last words were "I have loved justice and hated iniquity, and therefore I die in exile."

His tomb is in the Norman cathedral in Salerno, which had just recently been built. Somehow it survived WWII. The Normans conquered Southern Italy and later also Sicily.

[cloudmountain]

Interesting post!

Thanks!

ABC :o) J/K.

[Dr. Thorne]

He turned me into a newt! Is that a miracle?

[ebb tide]

7. St. Nicholas I the Great was pope 858-867. He was the third and last pope to receive the title of "great." He worked to strengthen papal authority and denied anyone had the right to depose a bishop without papal authority. He staunchly upheld marriage laws and urged bishops of their duty to excommunicate a royal Catholic who left her spouse for another. He did support freedom to marry and did not endorse some bishops when they excommunicated another royal for marrying without her father's consent.

Unlike the current pontiff who seems hell bent on giving Holy Communion to adulterers.

[johngrace]

I love the Pope Fabian story. The Dove landed on him. Which made this obscure man the Pope. Lol

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=47