RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement II

1005 - 1047

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Pope Clement II (Latin: Clemens II; born Suidger von Morsleben-Horneburg; died 9 October 1047) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1046 until his death in 1047. He was the first in a series of reform-minded popes from Germany. Suidger was the bishop of Bamberg. In 1046, he accompanied King Henry III of Germany, when at the request of laity and clergy of Rome, Henry went to Italy and summoned the Council of Sutri, which deposed Benedict IX and Sylvester III, and accepted the resignation of Gregory VI. Henry suggested Suidger as the next pope, and he was then elected, taking the name of Clement II. Clement then proceeded to crown Henry as emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Clement II is the 227th most popular religious figure (up from 315th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Germany (up from 213th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Religious Figure.

Pope Clement II is most famous for being the pope who consecrated the first Christian church in Rome.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement II ranks 227 out of 3,187. Before him are Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Bernadette Soubirous, Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic, Saint Sebastian, and Joshua. After him are Bridget of Sweden, Pope Lucius III, Pope Benedict XIII, Pope Damasus I, Seti I, and Pope Marcellus I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1005, Pope Clement II ranks 1. After him are Macbeth, King of Scotland, Michael I Cerularius, Bretislav I, Ali az-Zahir, Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria, Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona, Lanfranc, and John VIII of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1047, Pope Clement II ranks 2. Before him is Magnus the Good. After him are Humbert I, Count of Savoy, Rodulfus Glaber, Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria, Otto II, Duke of Swabia, and Eustace I, Count of Boulogne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Pope Clement II ranks 130 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Honecker (1912), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Willy Brandt (1913), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), and Frederick William II of Prussia (1744). After him are August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Novalis (1772), and Heinrich Böll (1917).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Pope Clement II ranks 9. Before him are Hildegard of Bingen (1098), Ambrose (340), Albertus Magnus (1206), Pope Joan (null), Pope Damasus II (1000), and Philip Melanchthon (1497). After him are Pope Victor II (1018), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Bruno of Cologne (1030), Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774), Rabanus Maurus (780), and Conrad Schumann (1942).

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