At a synod held in Rome during May, 1144, he settled the prolonged dispute between the Metropolitan of Tours and the Bishop of Dol by making the latter suffragan of the former. Ital.", VII, 461 and P.L., CXCVIII, 988) Lucius II was severely injured by stones that were thrown upon him on this occasion and died a few days later. If we may believe the statement of Godfrey of Viterbo in his "Pantheon" (Muratori, "Script. After vainly calling upon Emperor Conrad for protection, Lucius II marched upon the Capitol at the head of a small army but suffered defeat. Lucius, indeed, had succeeded in dissolving the senate which had been reluctantly established by Innocent II and which had practically wrested the temporal power from the pope, but encouraged by the success of King Roger of Sicily, the republican faction now elected Pierleoni, a brother of the antipope Anacletus, as senator and demanded that the pope should relinquish all temporal matters into his hands. In Rome affairs were even less promising. The king now had recourse to arms and Lucius was forced to conclude a truce on terms that were dictated by Roger. Roger's demands, however, were so extravagant that Lucius on the advice of his cardinals rejected them. The new pope took the name of Lucius II shortly after his accession he had a conference with King Roger of Sicily at Ceperano early in June, 1144, for the purpose of reaching an understanding with the king regarding his duties as a vassal of the Apostolic See. He was elected and consecrated pope at Rome on 12 March, 1144, to succeed Celestine II who had reigned only five months and twelve days. Towards the end of the pontificate of Innocent II he was appointed papal chancellor and librarian. In all these legations he loyally supported the interests of Innocent II, and it must be ascribed chiefly to his exertions that Lothair III made two expeditions to Italy for the purpose of protecting Innocent II against the antipope, Anacletus II. During the pontificate of Innocent II (1130-43) we find him three times as legate in Germany, viz., in the years 1130-1, 1133-4, and 1136. Norbert as Bishop of Magdeburg in July, 1126, and helped settle the quarrel concerning the filling of the See of Wurzburg, after Bishop Gebhard had been deposed by papal authority in 1126. From 1125-1126 he was papal legate in Germany where he took part in the election of King Lothair III in 1125, was instrumental in the appointment of St. In 1124 Honorius II created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. Before entering the Roman Curia he was a canon regular in Bologna. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.īorn at Bologna, unknown date, died at Rome, 15 February, 1145. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.
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