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Victor II, né Gebhard, Count of Calw, Tollenstein and Hirschnerg (ca. 1018 - Arezzo July 28, 1057), pope ( 1055- 1057), kinsman of Emperor Henry III One of the series of German popes during Hildebrand's reform movement, he was consecrated in St. Peter's in Rome on April 13th, 1055. His father was a Swabian baron, Count Harwig von Calw , and his own baptismal name was Gebhard. At the insistence of another Gebhard, bishop of Ratisbon and uncle of the emperor Henry III, he was appointed at the age of 24 bishop of EichstädtEichstadt is a city located along the Altmuhl River in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany. Boniface founded a bishopric here on the site of an old Roman station in 741. The town was chartered in 908 and ruled by a prince-bishop until secularization in. In this position, he supported Henry's interests and eventually became one of the emperor's closest advisors. He was nominated to the Papacy by Henry at MainzMainz (French Mayence is a city in Germany, which is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Introduction Mainz is located on the left bank of the river Rhine, opposite the confluence of the Main river with the Rhine. Population (, in September 1054Events July 4 A supernova is recorded by the Chinese and possibly Native Americans near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius, Pa, at the instance of a Roman delegation headed by Hildebrand, later Pope Gregory VII, who likely intended to deprive the empire of one of its most capable advocates.In June 1055, Victor met the emperor at FlorenceFlorence ( Italian, Firenze is a city in the center of Tuscany, in north-west Italy, on the Arno river, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany and briefly ( 18 and held a council, which reinforced Leo IX's condemnation of clerical marriage, simony, and the loss of the church's properties. In the following year, he was summoned to the Emperor's side, and was with Henry III when he died at Botfeld in the Harz on October 5th, 1056. As guardian of Henry's infant son Henry IV and adviser of the empress Agnes, Henry's mother and regent, Victor now wielded enormous power, which he used to maintain peace throughout the empire and to strengthen the papacy against the aggressions of the barons. He died shortly after his return to Italy, at Arezzo, on July 28, 1057, His successor was Stephen X (Frederick of Lorraine)
Victor's retinue wished to bring his remains to the cathedral at Eichstädt for burial. Before they reached the city, however, the remains were seized by some citizens of Ravenna and buried there in the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda, the burial place of Theodoric the Great.
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