. The age of Hildebrand. gh Innocent was appeased for thetime by Roger, the city in 1141 rose against thePope, and a furious war with Rome ensued, in whichthe Tivolese, successful at first, finally yielded, notto the Romans but to the Pope. The Romans weredispleased with the terms of surrender, since the Poperefused to destroy the city. A revolution was theresult, in which the secular power of the Pope wassacrificed. It is greatly to be regretted that almost no sourcesof information remain concerning so important acrisis. The Romans assembled at the Capitol, pro-claimed a republic, restored th
. The age of Hildebrand. gh Innocent was appeased for thetime by Roger, the city in 1141 rose against thePope, and a furious war with Rome ensued, in whichthe Tivolese, successful at first, finally yielded, notto the Romans but to the Pope. The Romans weredispleased with the terms of surrender, since the Poperefused to destroy the city. A revolution was theresult, in which the secular power of the Pope wassacrificed. It is greatly to be regretted that almost no sourcesof information remain concerning so important acrisis. The Romans assembled at the Capitol, pro-claimed a republic, restored the senate, threatenedto withdraw all allegiance from the Pope, and againtook the field against Tivoli. In the midst of thistempest, and probably because of it, Innocent diedon the 24th of September, ii43- He had passedhalf of his pontificate in exile or as a commander ofmihtary expeditions. With him closed the Gregorianperiod of the citys history, and his death inauguratesthe deliverance of Rome from the papal CHAPTER XX. EUGENIUS III.—ARNOLD OF BRESCIA—BERNARDSCRUSADE. N undisturbed and apparently unanimouselection followed on the third day afterInnocents death. Guido di Castello, apupil of Abelard, was chosen as CoelestineII. His one notable act was the repealof the interdict which Innocent had laid upon less than six months he died, and w^as succeededby Gerard of Bologna as Lucius II. Roger of Sicily endeavored to get himself acknowl-edged again as a papal feudary by Lucius, but thetwo could not agree upon terms. According to someaccounts—for our information is defective—a treatywas at last arranged by which Roger agreed to sup-port the Pope against the Romans. But worse trou-bles soon confronted Lucius. The Romans choseJordanes of the Pierleoni, a brother of Anacletus II.,as their Patrician, and a second time established thesenate at the Capitol. Almost all the consuls wereon the Popes side, and he hoped with these, andpossibly with the help of
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