Melissa+(Pope+Gregory+VII)

 **Pope Gregory VII**

=Background =
 * Pope Gregory VII was born around 1020 and 1025,**
 * and died of exile on 1085.His birth name is Hildebrand**
 * he was also born in Tuscany,Italy.**

= Childhood =
 * Pope Gregory VII came to Rome as a child and was educated**
 * in Monastery of Sta. Maria all' Aventino. After his studies he**
 * was now a marked man in reforming circle,and began sent**
 * to missions.**

**Education**
 * Gregory VII studied in Rome and became a monk**
 * first.**

=**Career **=
 * Gregory's first couple of first time careers were working**
 * for church as a clerk.He also became a monk and was contemporary**
 * of William the Conqueror,and as the author shows.**

**Jobs**
 * Pope Gregory VII was elected pope in (1073) at the college of Correspondence **

 **Achievements**
 * POPE: April 22,1073-May 25,1085 (12 years)**
 * Pope Gregory VII was elected pope in 1073. His other**
 * achievement was forbidding concubinage,clerical marriage**

**Influence on the World**  **Pope Gregory VII helped bring Christianity to the front of everyday**
 * life during the Middle Ages. He also stopped the practice of Lay Investiture,**
 * and curbed rulers power.**