Πάπας Αλέξανδρος Β΄: Διαφορά μεταξύ των αναθεωρήσεων

|death_place=[[Rome]], [[Papal States]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]

|other=Alexander}}

 

He was born in [[Milan]]. As Anselm I, [[bishop of Lucca]], he had been an energetic coadjutor with [[Pope Gregory VII|Hildebrand of Sovana]] in endeavouring to suppress [[simony]] and enforce the [[clerical celibacy]]. The [[Papal election, 1061|papal election of 1061]], which Hildebrand had arranged in conformity with the papal decree of 1059 (see [[Pope Nicholas II]]), was not sanctioned by the imperial court of Germany. True to the practice observed in preceding papal elections, the German court nominated another candidate, [[Cadalus]], [[bishop of Parma]], who was proclaimed Pope at the council of [[Basel]] under the name of [[Antipope Honorius II|Honorius II]]. He marched to Rome and for a long time threatened his rival's position. At length, however, Honorius was forsaken by the German court and deposed by a council held at [[Mantua]]; Alexander II's position remained unchallenged.