Pope alexander ii biography of abraham

Pontificate: Sept. 30 to April 21, ; b. Anselm, son of Arderico of Baggio, in Baggio, near Milan, date unknown. Educated and ordained a priest in Milan (), and onetime disciple of lanfranc at bec (), he cooperated with the reform aims of the patarines. He was made bishop of Lucca in , retaining the see as pope, and served nicholas ii as legate to Milan, with Cardinals Hildebrand (gregory vii) in and peter damian in , in support of the reform and papal authority there. Disorders after the death of Nicholas II (July 27, ) delayed election of a successor. Upheld by Hildebrand and protected by Norman arms, Anselm was elected in Rome and enthroned without participation of the German king, whose role had been canonically recognized, if not clearly defined, in the papal election decree of Certain Roman civilians and dissident bishops, seconded by the German court, elected Cadalus of Parma (antipope Honorius II), who was proclaimed by the future emperor, henry iv, at a