Pope Gelasius II born Giovanni Caetani (also called Coniulo), was pope

Pope

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 from January 24, 1118 to January 29, 1119.
He was born between 1060 and 1064 at Gaeta

Gaeta

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 into the Pisan branch of the Caetani family.

He became a monk of Monte Cassino

Monte Cassino

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, was taken to Rome

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 by Pope Urban II

Pope Urban II

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 (1088–99), and made papal subdeacon (August 1088) and cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin is a minor basilica church in Rome, Italy. It is located in the rione of Ripa.- History :The church was built in the 8th century during the Byzantine Papacy over the remains of the Templum Herculis Pompeiani in the Forum Boarium and of the Statio annonae, one...

 (probably on September 23, 1088).