Editing Pope Gregory VII (section)

===Exile from Rome===
The pope was liberated, but after the Roman people became incensed by the excesses of his Norman allies, again withdrew to [[Monte Cassino]],<ref>Ferdinand Gregorovius, ''History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages'' (tr. A. Hamilton) Volume  IV (London 1896), pp. 245–255.  Horace K. Mann, ''The Lives of the Popes in the Middle Ages''  Volume VII (London 1910), pp. 162–165.</ref> and later to the castle of [[Salerno]] by the sea, where he died on 25 May 1085.{{sfn|Peters|1971|p=33}} He was probably a prisoner of the Normans in Salerno. Three days before his death, he withdrew all the censures of excommunication that he had pronounced, except those against the two chief offenders—Henry and Guibert.<ref name="CE"/>