What is Pope Callixtus II?
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Pope |English name=Blessed Calixtus II |image=Calixtus II.jpg |image_size = 150px |birth_name=Guy de Vienne |term_start=1 February 1119 |term_end=13 December 1124 |predecessor=[[Pope Gelasius II|Gelasius II]] |successor=[[Pope Honorius II|Honorius II]] |birth_date=c. 1065? |birth_place=[[Quingey]], [[County of Burgundy]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] |death_date={{death date|1124|12|13|df=y}} |death_place=Rome, [[Papal States]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] |other=Callixtus}} '''Calixtus II''' (or '''Calistus II''') (died 13 December 1124), born '''Guy de Burgundy''', the fourth son of [[William I, Count of Burgundy]], was elected [[Pope]] on 1 February 1119 after the death of [[Pope Gelasius II]].<ref>John W. O'Malley, ''A History of the Popes: From Peter to the Present'', (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010), 116.</ref> His pontificate was shaped by the [[Investiture Controversy]], which he was able to settle through the [[Concordat of Worms]] (in 1122). ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{s-bef|before=[[Pope Gelasius II|Gelasius II]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Pope]]|years=1119 - 1124}} {{s-aft|after=[[Pope Honorius II|Honorius II]]}} {{end}} {{Popes}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Callixtus 02}} [[Category:1060s births]] [[Category:1124 deaths]] [[Category:French popes]]