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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Communes of the Province of Grosseto, Frazioni of the Province of Grosseto, People from the Province of Grosseto, Rivers of the Province of Grosseto, Pope Gregory VII, Francesco Zuccarelli, Scansano, Giannutri, Bernardino of Siena, Ernesto Balducci, Umberto Lenzi, Monte Argentario, Seggiano, Pitigliano, Santa Fiora, Castiglione della Pescaia, Randolfo Pacciardi, Scarlino, Montepescali, Capalbio, Gavorrano, Isola del Giglio, Massa Marittima, Istia d'Ombrone, Semproniano, Magliano in Toscana, Arcidosso, Cinigiano, Vetulonia, Saturnia, Sorano, Campagnatico, Alberese, Orbetello, Follonica, Batignano, Manciano, Roccalbegna, Porto Santo Stefano, Civitella Paganico, Castel del Piano, Castell'Azzara, Sovana, Rusellae, Monterotondo Marittimo, Roccastrada, Punta Ala, Laura Morante, Principina a Mare, Terme di Saturnia, Montieri, Benedetta Barzini, Merse, Marina di Grosseto, Principina Terra, Matteo Abbate, Braccagni, Alex Ciompi, Rispescia, Candido Amantini, Selvena, Fonteblanda, Montemassi, Giuseppe Bennati, Civitella Marittima, Ansedonia, Porto Ercole.. Excerpt: Pope St. Gregory VII (c. 1015/1028 - May 25, 1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana (Italian: ), was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal authority and the new canon law governing the election of the pope by the College of Cardinals. He was at the forefront of both evolutionary developments in the relationship between the emperor and the papacy during the years before becoming pope. He was beatified by Pope Gregory XIII in 1584, and canonized in 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII as Pope St. Gregory VII. He twice excommunicated Henry IV, who in the end appointed the Antipope...
