Enrico Veneziani, The Papacy and Ecclesiology of Honorius II (1124‒1130): Church Governance after the Concordat of Worms. Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, LIII. Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2023, x, 340 pp.

Lamberto Scannabecchi (1060‒1130), Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and active during the Investiture Contest as well as the proceedings of the Concordat of Worms, was elected as Pope Honorius II in 1124 following the death of Calixtus II. Honorius II is not widely known, but he had the distinction of granting papal recognition to the Knights Templar, clashing with Roger II over his consolidation of power in Apulia and Sicily, and in general dealing with the newly established norms of Church and state following the resolution of the Investiture Contest and the ecclesiastical reality created by Gregorian reforms.