21 April 1073 A.D. Alexander II Dies—Rome’s 156th; Opposed by “Another” Antipope, Honorarius; Conflicts in Milan, Lombardy, & Tuscany
21 April 1073 A.D. Alexander II Dies—Rome’s 156 th ; Opposed by “Another” Antipope, Honorarius; Conflicts in Milan, Lombardy, & Tuscany; Papal Electioneering Disorders; Simony & Clerical Concubinage; Elevates Lanfrance of Bec to Canterbury Loughlin, James. "Pope Alexander II." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01286a.htm . Accessed 3 Sept 2014. Alexander II Reigned 1061-1073 As Anselm of Lucca, he had been recognized for a number of years as one of the leaders of the reform party, especially in the Milanese territory, where he was born at Baggio, of noble parentage . Together with Hildebrand , he had imbibed in Cluny the zeal for reformation. The first theatre of his activity was Milan , where he was one of the founders of the...