Editing Pope Alexander II (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from 1061 to 1073}}
{{For|the Coptic patriarch|Pope Alexander II of Alexandria}}
{{Redirect|Anselm of Baggio|his nephew who succeeded him as bishop of Lucca|Anselm of Lucca}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Pope
| honorific_prefix = [[List of Popes|Pope]]
| name = Alexander II
| title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
| elected = 30 September 1061
| term_start = 1 October 1061
| term_end = 21 April 1073
| predecessor = [[Pope Nicholas II|Nicholas II]]
| successor = [[Pope Gregory VII|Gregory VII]]
| other_post = [[Bishop of Lucca]]
<!---------- Personal details ---------->| birth_name = Anselmo da Baggio
| birth_date = 1010/1015
| birth_place = [[Milan]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]
| death_date = 	21 April 1073
| death_place = [[Rome]], [[Papal State]]
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}}

'''Pope Alexander II''' (1010/1015 – 21 April 1073), born '''Anselm of Baggio''',<ref>Modern scholars sometimes refer to Bishop Anselm as {{nowrap|''Anselm the Elder''}} or {{nowrap|''Anselm I''}} to distinguish him from his nephew [[Anselm of Lucca|St Anselm]] who succeeded to his office as Bishop of Lucca.</ref> was the head of the Roman [[Catholic Church]] and ruler of the [[Papal States]] from 1061 to his death in 1073. Born in [[Milan]], Anselm was deeply involved in the [[Pataria]] reform movement. [[1061 papal election|Elected]] according to the terms of his predecessor's bull, ''[[In nomine Domini]]'', Anselm's was the first election by the cardinals without the participation of the people and minor clergy of Rome. He also authorized the [[Norman Conquest|Norman Conquest of England]] in 1066.