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Hildebrand was born in Tuscany and educated in a monastery in Rome. His abilities made him a power behind the throne under five popes. He was elected pope on April 22, 1073..Pope Saint Gregory VII, was not even a priest at the time he was elected to be Pope, but a Deacon. This happened in the year 1073, due to the death of Pope Alexander II, after ruling for 12 years. “On the following day his funeral mass was celebrated and he was buried in the Basilica of the Holy Savior, in Rome. As the rights were completed and the Cardinals stood in prayer, before the crypt of the dead pontiff. Suddenly, witho