NOUN
- the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)
How To Use Gregory VII In A Sentence
- Gregory VII did more than any previous Pope to enforce clerical celibacy.
- A faithful follower of Gregory VII in his conflict with the simoniac clergy, born probably at Milan made Cardinal of San Mareo, assisted The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
- Gregory VII., with the aid of the Countess Matilda, for the principle of papal supremacy exerted a marked influence upon the religious life of the time and gave an undoubted impetus to the idea of conventual life for women, as during this period many new cloisters were established. Women of the Romance Countries
- Look, all we are saying is that unless Sen Obama crawls towards Sen Clinton on his knees through West Virginia in sack-cloth and ashes like Henry IV grovelling before Gregory VII in Canossa, we will know that he is not serious about uniting the country ... Clinton Camp: Obama Shouldn't Get Away With Writing Off West Virginia Loss
