Person

Pope Calixtus II

head of the Catholic Church

b. 1050 CE – d. 1124 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Pope Blessed Calixtus II (or Calistus II) (died 13 December 1124), born Guy de Burgundy, the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy, is elected Pope on 1 February 1119 after the death of Pope Gelasius II.

His pontificate is shaped by the Investiture Controversy, which he is able to settle through the Concordat of Worms (in 1122).