Death of Pope Gregory VII at Salerno

May 25, 1085

The reformer pope, driven from Rome by his own Norman liberators, died in exile at Salerno, reportedly with the bitter words: I have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile. His great quarrel over investiture would outlive him by decades into the next century. The Concordat of Worms in 1122 would finally resolve the conflict, largely on terms Gregory had championed.