a realm that would one day be known as the holy roman empire of the german nation. a chronicler reports that the romans and italy s princes didn t like the oath that auto swore when the pope made him emperor. in the use of force in the name of christ i swear that i will forever be the protector and defender of this holy roman church and all its territories you might be an infant receive the symbol of glory this is how the allegiance between the german king and the roman pontiff was forged in the name of the father the son and the holy ghost. had achieved his goal of being the successor of charlemagne in europe signal glorify the symbol of glory the imperial crown the most significant item in the imperial regalia. its now in the treasury of the whole four palace in vienna it said that