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{{Infobox Christian leader
|type = Pope
|honorific-prefix=Pope
|name=Alexander II
|image=Pope Alexander II.jpg
|image_size=220px
|birth_name=Anselmo da Baggio
|term_start=30 September 1061
|term_end=21 April 1073
|predecessor=[[Pope Nicholas II|Nicholas II]]
|successor=[[Pope Gregory VII|Gregory VII]]
|birth_date=???
|birth_place=[[Milan]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]
|death_date={{death date|1073|4|21|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Rome]], [[Papal States]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]
|other=Alexander
}}
'''Pope Alexander II''' (born '''Anselmo da Baggio'''; ??? − 21 April 1073) was [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]] from 30 September 1061 until 21 April 1073 when he died. 

He was born Anselmo da Baggio in Milan to a noble family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01286a.htm|accessdate=2014-10-24|title=Pope Alexander II|publisher=New Advent}}</ref> In 1065, he wrote to Béranger, the Viscount of Narbonne, and to Guifred, the bishop of the city. He praised them for having prevented the massacre of the Jews in their district. He also reminded them that God does not approve of the shedding of blood. The same year, Alexander II warned [[Landulf VI of Benevento]] "that the conversion of Jews is not to be obtained by force."<ref>{{cite book|author=Simonsohn, Shlomo|title=The Apostolic See and the Jews, Documents: 492–1404|year=1988|url=https://archive.org/details/simonsohn-apostolic-see-and-the-jews-vol-1}}</ref> He also called for a crusade against the Moors in Spain in the same year.<ref>{{cite book|author=Phillips, Jonathan P.|title=The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom|page=246}}</ref>

He died on 21 April 1073 in [[Rome]] and was buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica]]. He was succeeded by [[Pope Gregory VII]].

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