ABBOT DESIDERIUS, 236
Hugo, 12

of Cluny, 10, 268

of Monastery of "Our Lady," 8
of Monte Cassino, 236, 256
Adalbert, Bishop of Bremen, 96
evil influence of, 99

Adelaide. Conrad, heir to, 288
mother of Bertha, 166

wife of Otto the Great, 20
Agnes, Empress of Germany, 58
as Regent, 67
character of, 58
death of, 195

nominates anti-pope, 72
opposes Alexander II., 72
retires to Rome, 97

Alexander II., Anselm Badagius, 71
and Matilda, 71, 85
Bishop of Lucca, 71

blesses Norman standard, 104
blessed standard of William the
Conqueror, 105
convenes Council, 99
crowned, 72

death of, 111

elected Pope without reference
to Germany, 72
protects Jews, 105
visits dying anti-pope, 110
Alexis on Robert Guiscard, 252
Alps, perilous passage of the, 166.
Amalfi, Council at, 272

Angelo, Castle of St, 131
besieged, 228

Gregory VII., prisoner at, 136
retires to, 225

Pascal II. reigns at, 304
Guiscard raises siege of, 230
story of, 131

Urban II. escapes from, 286

Victor III. crowned at, 260
returns to, 264

Anselm Badagius, Alexander II., 71
Bishop of Lucca, 16

spiritual director to Beatrice, 71

Anselm of Aosta-

Archbishop of Canterbury 46
and William Rufus, 292
death of, 253

honoured by Urban I., 299
pleads for English King, 299
Anselm, St, of Mantua-
Bishop of Lucca, 92
as student, 258
bequest to, 236

blesses Matilda, 227

character of, 253

confessor to Matilda, 209
death of, 253

escapes from Henry IV., 218
"Man of government," 256
recommended as Pope, 236
replies to anti-pope, 218
Anti-popes-

Albert, Cardinal-deacon, 304
Benedict VIII., 66

Cadalous, Bishop of Parma, 72
Conti as Benedict X., 66

Guibert Corregio, Archbishop of
Ravenna, as Clement III, 200
Maingualfe, Abbot of Farfa, as
Sylvester IV., 304

Theodoric, 304

Apulia, Robert Guiscard, Count of, 252
Gregory VII. in, 233

Guiscard's successors Dukes of,
272

Archbishop of Cologne, 93
of Ravenna, 200

Augsberg, Diet at, 162

- meeting at, 169
Azzo, Count, 14

exploits of, 20

BAMBURG, St Otho, Bishop of, 317
Bari, Council at, 298

Bavaria, Augsberg in, 162

Duke of, 100

elects Rudolph as King, 193
Welf, Duke of, 282
Beatrice of Lorraine, 15

monastic life of, 10

motto of, 11

monks of, 341

rules of, 8, 9, 249, 299

Benedictine Popes contemporary with

Matilda-

Gregory VII., 27
Leo IX., 25
Pascal II., 302

Stephen IX., 60

Urban II., 268
Victor II., 38
Victor III., 262
Benediction, 138
Benevento, 266

birthplace of Victor III., 254
fief of Normans, 254
flight of Urban II. to, 287
Leo IX. at, 255

patron saint of, 38, 255

Benzo, father of Hildebrand, 6, 9

Bequest of Gregory VII., 236
of Matilda, 186

Berengarius, heresy of, 56

repentance and death of, 270
spread of heresy of, 270

visited and forgiven by Urban II.,
270

Bertha, Queen of Germany, 101

character of, 102

consoled by Matilda, 173

crosses the Alps, 165

crowned as Empress, 238

death of, 289

Boniface and his son die at, 31

birthplace of Boniface, 15

Matilda, 15

Court at, 277
description of, 14

Donizo, chaplain at, 49

family life at, 21

feast at, 182

Godfrey le Bossu at, 33

Godfrey of Lotharingia at, 33

Gregory VII. visitor to, 171
Henry IV. penitent at, 176
Matilda's love for, 277
Pascal II. at, 320

return of the captives to, 44
siege of, 208
sortie from, 209
visitors to, 45, 53
- Victor II. at, 39
Cardinals elect Anselm, 71

- in a dilemma, 257

to elect Popes, 69