Author:Gregory VII

Gregory VII
(11th century – 1085)

Gregory VII

Works

Decrees

• Quoniam investituras (1078).
• Sequentes statuta sanctorum patrum (1080).

Letters

• Considerantes ac sollicite, to Emperor Henry IV (1075).
• Letter to the German Princes concerning the Penance of Henry IV at Canossa (1077).
• Hujusmodi salutationis nostrae, to Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1080).
• Letter of Gregory VII to Bishop Hermann of Metz (1081).

Other

• Dictatus papae (attr., 1075).
• First Deposition and Banning of Henry IV by Gregory VII (1076).
• Gregory VII's Justification of himself to the Germans (1076).
• Second Deposition and Banning of Henry IV by Gregory VII (1080).

Letters to Gregory

• Letter of Henry IV to Gregory VII by Henry IV (1076).
• Letter of the Bishops to Gregory VII (1076).

Works about Gregory VII

Source documents

• Summons of Henry IV to the Council of Worms by Henry IV (1076).
• Promise of the King to offer Obedience to the Pope by Henry IV at the Convention of Oppenheim (1076).
• Edict cancelling the Sentence against Gregory VII by Henry IV at the Convention of Oppenheim (1076).
• Decision of the Synod of Brixen (1080).

Reference works

• "St Gregory VII." in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. 1880.
• "Gregory VII.," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Pope St. Gregory VII," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)