. The age of Hildebrand. their candidate for the vacant chair, andin order to gain time contrived that there shouldbe no discussion of the matter until the third object was to elect a Pope friendly to the Em-peror; and their candidate was Lambert of Ostia,while the peoples candidate was Cardinal Saxo ofAnagni, and that of the Pierleoni the presbyter Theo-bald. On the 16th of December an assembly forelection was convened, and Theobald was investedwith the papal mantle as Coelestine II.; but RobertFrangipani at once proclaimed Lambert as HonoriusII., and after some disturbance this was
. The age of Hildebrand. their candidate for the vacant chair, andin order to gain time contrived that there shouldbe no discussion of the matter until the third object was to elect a Pope friendly to the Em-peror; and their candidate was Lambert of Ostia,while the peoples candidate was Cardinal Saxo ofAnagni, and that of the Pierleoni the presbyter Theo-bald. On the 16th of December an assembly forelection was convened, and Theobald was investedwith the papal mantle as Coelestine II.; but RobertFrangipani at once proclaimed Lambert as HonoriusII., and after some disturbance this was agreed to^nd Theobald was set aside. Lambert was of hum-ble origin, from the neighborhood of Bologna, butwas well educated. He had received from Paschalthe diocese of Ostia and Velletri, and was one ofthose who had concluded the Treaty of Worms. TheAbbot of Monte Cassino, when informed of the elec-tion, remarked, I dont know whose son his Holi-ness is; I only know that he is chock-full of litera-ture from head to CHAPTER XVI. LOTHAIR THE SAXON—THE SOUTH-ITALIAN KING-DOM—INNOCENT AND ANACLETUS—BERNARDOF CLAIRVAUX. ENRY V. died childless, in May, 1125,and with him closed the Franconian lineof German emperors. His natural heirswere his two nephews, the brothersConrad and Frederick of Hohenstaufen, by their fidelity to Henry IV.,had first established his power. Their family namewas derived from the hill Staufen, in Suabia, whichoverlooked the valley of the Rems. Frederick wasDuke of Suabia, and Conrad Duke of the nobles, however, desired an Emperor who wouldnot prove too powerful, and who would not be dis-posed to attack the Pope or the independence of thefeudal lords. They turned, therefore, to the Saxons,and selected Lothair, the champion for a long timeof the nobles and of the church against the was elected as Lothair HI. in August, 1125, atthe old election field of Kamba, by an assembly ofnearly sixty thousand, representing t
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