What is Pope Clement II?
{{Infobox Christian leader |type=Pope |honorific-prefix=Pope |name=Clement II |image=Pope Clement II.jpg |image_size=220px |birth_name=Suidger von Morsleben |term_start=25 December 1046 |term_end=October 1047 |predecessor=[[Pope Gregory VI|Gregory VI]] |successor= [[Pope Benedict IX|Benedict IX]] |birth_date=??? |birth_place=[[Hornburg]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] |death_date=October 1047 |death_place=[[Pesaro]], [[Papal States]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] |other=Clement }} '''Pope Clement II''' was the [[Pope|leader]] of the [[Catholic Church]] from 25 December 1046 until he died in 1047. He was born with the name '''Suidger von Morsleben''' in [[Hornburg]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. His parents were Count Konrad of Morsleben and Hornburg and his wife Amulrad.<ref>''Allgemeine deutsche biographie'', Volume 1 (Leipzig: Duncker und Humblot, 1875-1912), p. 300</ref> His date of birth is unknown. In the year 1040, von Morsleben became the Bishop of [[Bamberg]].<ref>''Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht'', Volume 51, Katholischer Juristenverein. (Paderborn F. Schöningh, 1857), p. 228</ref> In 1046 he went with [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|King Henry III]] to [[Italy]] and in December, he took part in the [[Council of Sutri]]. This took Popes [[Pope Benedict IX|Benedict IX]] and [[Sylvester III]] out of power, and also convinced [[Pope Gregory VI]] to resign. King Henry nominated (suggested) Suidger to be the new pope and the council elected him. Suidger took the name Clement II. Shortly after he was elected, Pope Clement and Henry moved to Rome. There, Clement crowned Henry III as [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. Clement II's short pontificate (time as pope) began an improvement in the way the Roman Church worked, especially by making laws against [[simony]].<ref>Frédéric Lichtenberger, ''Encyclopédie des sciences religieuses'', Tome III (Paris: Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1878), p. 214</ref> Simony is when people would pay to have sacraments given to them. The reform party criticized Clement's election