Calixtus II


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Related to Calixtus II: Calixtus III, Pope Honorius II
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Noun1.Calixtus II - pope who in 1122 forced the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to sign a concordat that recognized the right of the church to choose its own leadership (died in 1124)
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