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Pope Gelasius II (c. 1060/1064 – 29 January 1119), born Giovanni Caetani or Giovanni da Gaeta (also called Coniulo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1118 to his death in 1119.
Gelasius II (born, Gaeta, Kingdom of Naples—died Jan. 29, 1119, Cluny, Burgundy) was the pope from 1118 to 1119. He was called to Rome from Montecassino, Italy, by Pope Urban II, who created him cardinal (1088) and papal chancellor (1089).
Pope Gelasius II was an Italian man who was a Benedictine monk before becoming the 161st pope. A little over one year after accepting the position, he passed away.
Gelasius was perfecting plans for the convocation of a great council at Reims, when he succumbed to pleurisy, leaving the consummation of the fifty years’ war for freedom to his successor, Pope Callistus II (q.v.).
The Holy See Pontiffs Gelasius II [ AR - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - PT] Gelasius II 161st Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 24.I,10.III.1118: End Pontificate: 28.I.1119: Secular Name: Giovanni Caetani: Birth: Gaeta ...
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Gelasius was perfecting plans for the convocation of a great council at Reims, when he succumbed to pleurisy, leaving the consummation of the fifty years' war for freedom to his successor, Callistus II.
Pope Gelasius II, born Giovanni Caetani or Giovanni da Gaeta, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 January 1118 to his death in 1119. A monk of Monte Cassino and chancellor of Pope Paschal II, Caetani was unanimously elected to succeed him.
Pope Gelasius II (??? − 29 January 1119) was pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 24 January 1118 to his death in 29 January 1119. He was born in Gaeta, Principality of Capua and died in Cluny, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France. He was ordained a priest on 9 March 1118 after he fled to Gaeta.
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Born at Gaeta, year unknown; elected 24 Jan., 1118; died at Cluny, 29 Jan., 1119. No sooner had Paschal II ended his stormy pontificate, than the cardinals, knowing that the emperor, Henry V, had concerted measures with a faction of the Roman nobility to force the selection of a pliant ...
GELASIUS II, POPE. Pontificate: Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119; b. John of Gaeta; d. Abbey of Cluny. The son of John Coniulo of Gaeta, Italy (not a member of the Ga ë tani family), he entered Monte Cassino as an oblate c. 1060 under Abbot Desiderius (1058 – 87), the future Pope victor iii.
