Editing Pope Nicholas II (section)

==Early life==
Gerard of Burgundy was born in [[Château de Chevron|Chevron]],<ref>{{cite work|language=Fr|author=François Marius Hudry |title= Histoire des communes savoyardes |publisher= Éditions Horvath |place=Roanne |year=1982|volume= 4 |page=79|isbn=978-2-7171-0263-5}}.<br>- {{cite work|language=Fr|author=Michel Germain|title= Personnages illustres des Savoie|publisher= Autre Vue|place=|year=2007 |pages=144| isbn= 978-2-9156-8815-3 }}.</ref> in what is now [[Savoy]]. He was a [[Canon_(priest)|canon]] at [[Liège]]. In 1045 he became [[bishop of Florence]], where he restored the canonical life among the clergy of numerous churches.<ref> Schwartz, Gerhard. ''Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern: mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122'' (1907) Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. p. 209 (in lang|de)</ref><ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_024119 Detlev, Jasper. "Nicholas II, Pope", ''Religion Past and Present''] 2013,
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