calixtus ii

1. 1.

   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)

   SynonymsGuy of Burgundy

   Broaderpope

Questions about calixtus ii

What does calixtus ii mean?

calixtus ii means "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)".

What is another word for calixtus ii?

Close synonyms include Guy of Burgundy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calixtus ii a common word?

calixtus ii is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.