A | B |
In 732, he defeated the Muslims in the Battle of Tours | Charles Martel |
The Apostle of Germany | Boniface |
English monk who wrote explanations of the Scriptures as well as the "History of the English People". | Bede |
He gave the Pope a wide strip of Italy which became known as the Papal States | Pepin |
Pepin’s son who conquered the Saxons and forced them to receive baptism. | Charlemagne |
crowned Charlemagne “Emperor of the Romans” | Pope Leo II |
Two Greek brothers who did missionary work in Moravia. They developed a Slavic alphabet and wrote the gospels in Slavic | Cyril and Methodius |
Pope who was also called Hildebrand who wanted to free the church from secular control thus he ruled against lay investiture. | Pope Gregory VII |
This German emperor dressed in penitential garb and stood barefoot in the winter snow for 3 days until Pope Gregory VII received him back into the church. | Henry IV |
The Patriarch of Constantinople who publicly declared that because of their differences the East and West churches could not be in union. | Patriarch Michael Cerularius |
Pope who died while Cardinal Humbert and the Patriarch of Constantinople were trying to reach an understanding regarding church issues. | Leo IX |
Cardinal who excommunicated Michael, the Patriarch of Constantinople | Humbert |
Pope who urged people in the West to aid the East by going on a crusade. | Pope Urban II |