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    Pope Gregory XIII (Latin: Gregorius XIII; Italian: Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church...
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    Pope Gregory XII (Latin: Gregorius XII; Italian: Gregorio XII; c. 1327 – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario, or Correr, was head of the Catholic...
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  • Gregory IX (1227–1241) Pope Gregory X (1271–1276) Pope Gregory XI (1370–1378) Pope Gregory XII (1406–1415) Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585), after whom...
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    by William the Silent. February 24 (Julian) (March 6 Gregorian) – Pope Gregory XIII proclaims the Gregorian Calendar, to come into effect in October....
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  • News Archive. "The Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII". The Tablet. 69 (2455): 859. 28 May 1887. Retrieved 4 September 2017. "Leo XIII and Peter's Pence" (PDF). The...
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    Pope Gregory XIV (Latin: Gregorius XIV; Italian: Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato or Sfondrati, was head of the...
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    Pope Gregory VII (Latin: Gregorius VII; c. 1015 – 25 May 1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana (Italian: Ildebrando di Soana), was head of the Catholic Church...
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    elevated to cardinalate in 1583 by Pope Gregory XIII. Upon the death of Pope Sixtus V, Castagna was elected as pope on 15 September 1590, taking the name...
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    Pope Benedict XIII (Latin: Benedictus XIII; Italian: Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called...
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  • October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the...
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  • Nicola Stridoni (category Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII)
    Holy Cross. On 16 May 1582, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Mylopotamos. On 17 June 1582, he was consecrated bishop...
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    V, Pope John XXII, Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement VI, Pope Innocent VI, Pope Urban V, and Pope Gregory XI) 6 from Germany (Pope Gregory V, Pope Clement...
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    Pope Innocent XIII (Latin: Innocentius XIII; Italian: Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic...
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    opposed Pope Gregory XII whom the Catholic Church recognizes as the rightful successor of Saint Peter. He was also an opponent of Antipope Benedict XIII, who...
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    The gallery was commissioned in 1580 by Pope Gregory XIII as part of other artistic works commissioned by the Pope to decorate the Vatican. It took Danti...
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    of Brussels after a siege that began the year before. April 10 – Pope Gregory XIII, known for promulgating the Gregorian calendar within the Roman Catholic...
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    Pope Gregory XV (Latin: Gregorius XV; Italian: Gregorio XV; 9 January 1554 – 8 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was the head of the Catholic Church...
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    papal legation to Spain headed by Cardinal Ugo Boncampagni (later Pope Gregory XIII) which was sent to investigate a charge of heresy levelled against...
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    as el Papa Luna (lit. 'the Moon Pope') or Pope Luna, was an Aragonese nobleman who was christened antipope Benedict XIII during the Western Schism. Pedro...
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  • Domenico Petrucci (category Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII)
    17 June 1582, Domenico Petrucci was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Strongoli. On 17 June 1582, he was consecrated bishop...
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    Inter gravissimas (category Documents of Pope Gregory XIII)
    (English: "Among the most serious...") was a papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII on 24 February 1582. The document, written in Latin, reformed the...
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    The court itself was extremely divided. Catherine had not obtained Pope Gregory XIII's permission to celebrate this irregular marriage; consequently, the...
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  • Flaminio Filonardi (category Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII)
    November 1579, Flaminio Filonardi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Aquino. On 8 December 1579, he was consecrated bishop...
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    site of Nobunaga's castle. April 10 Pope Gregory XIII dies. May 1 Coronation of Pope Sixtus V . May Knighted by Pope Sixtus into the Order of the Golden...
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    Jerusalem in 1572. He occupied that post until he was made a cardinal. Pope Gregory XIII made him a cardinal on 12 December 1583 as the Cardinal-Priest of...
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    (page 34). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ott, Michael (1910). "Pope Gregory XIII" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New...
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  • named for Pope Gregory XIII: Gregorian calendar, internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named after Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced...
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    Giacomo Boncompagni (category Illegitimate children of popes)
    Italian feudal lord of the 16th century, the illegitimate son of Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni). He was also Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino...
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    Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20...
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    venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Norbert was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII in the year 1582, and his statue appears above the Piazza colonnade...
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