Pope Gregory VII, Hildebrand
Date of Birth: About 1020-25
Place of Birth: Unknown, possibly Sovana in southern Tuscany
Date of Death: May 25 1085
Place of Death: Salerno
Biography
Hildebrand’s family background and early life remain obscure. He was of modest origins but did not grow up in destitution. He later claimed that, as a child, he had been schooled at Rome. His education was completed in the Lateran…