# Pope Gregory VII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-vii
Pontificate: 22 April 1073 – 25 May 1085
Number in the papal list: 157
Born-Died: c. 1020 - 1085
Papal era: Gregorian Reform
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII

Subject of the March of Tuscany. Was of Lombard ethnicity.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Antipope Honorius II](https://christianity-history.com/popes/antipope-honorius-ii)
- Next in list: [Antipope Clement III](https://christianity-history.com/popes/antipope-clement-iii)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1073 - [Gregory VII becomes pope](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1073-gregory-vii-becomes-pope)
- 1075 - [Investiture Controversy](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1075-investiture-controversy)
- 1077 - [Walk to Canossa](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1077-walk-to-canossa)
- 1084 - [Carthusians founded](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1084-carthusians-founded)