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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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  • named Pope Gregory XIV (1590–1591) Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623) Pope Gregory XVI (1831–1846) Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946–2005), Antipope Gregory XVII...
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  • Pope John XV (Latin: Iohannes XV; died March 996) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from August 985 until his death. A Roman by birth...
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    1621, after suffering from a series of strokes and was succeeded by Pope Gregory XV. Camillo Borghese was born in Rome on 17 September 1550 into the Borghese...
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    The Bust of Pope Gregory XV is a marble portrait sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed in 1621, the work is one of three busts...
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    Innocent VI, Pope Urban V, and Pope Gregory XI) 6 from Germany (Pope Gregory V, Pope Clement II, Pope Damasus II, Pope Leo IX, Pope Victor II, and Pope Benedict...
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    1623, at the papal conclave following the death of Pope Gregory XV, Barberini was chosen as Gregory XV's successor and took the name Urban VIII. His coronation...
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    Gregory XV with his 1621 bull Aeterni Patris Filius, which established the requirement of a two-thirds majority of cardinal electors to elect a pope....
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  • Bruno was elected and succeeded John XV as pope, taking the name Gregory V. He is often counted as the first German pope (or the second if Boniface II, an...
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    Anne. August 6 1623 papal conclave: Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) succeeds Pope Gregory XV, as the 235th pope. Thirty Years' War: Pursued by the army...
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    was not included in the Tridentine calendar, but in the year 1623 Pope Gregory XV included him in the General Roman Calendar for celebration on 6 October...
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    Marchese Enzo Bentivoglio to the newly elected Bolognese Ludovisi Pope, Pope Gregory XV in 1621. The years he spent in Rome, 1621–23, were very productive...
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    Sant'Ignazio, Rome (category Burial places of popes)
    who were attending the College at the beginning of the 17th century. Pope Gregory XV, who was an old pupil of the Collegio Romano, was strongly attached...
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    on 25 February 1615. When Alessandro Ludovisi was acclaimed pope, taking the name Gregory XV, Ludovico was made cardinal the day after his coronation, though...
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    It was founded by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 to arrange missionary work on behalf of the various religious institutions, and in 1627 Pope Urban VIII established...
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    Pope Gregory XVI (Latin: Gregorius XVI; Italian: Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic...
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    Francis Xavier (category Canonizations by Pope Gregory XV)
    on Shangchuan Island. He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624, he was made co-patron...
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    the Papal States. Alessandro Ludovisi became a cardinal and later Pope Gregory XV. His cardinal-nephew was Ludovico Ludovisi. Beginning in 1634 with...
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    Borghese hoped to ingratiate himself to the favored nephew of the new pope, Gregory XV. Much of the early work on Apollo and Daphne was done in 1622–23, but...
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  • commander and patrician of Bologna. During his brother's reign as Pope Gregory XV, he became Commander of the Papal Armies and Duke of Fiano and Zagarolo...
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    Ignatius of Loyola (category Canonizations by Pope Gregory XV)
    in a new coffin. Ignatius was beatified by Pope Paul V on 27 July 1609, and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. His feast day is celebrated...
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    Teresa of Ávila (category Canonizations by Pope Gregory XV)
    years after her death, in 1622, Teresa was canonized by Pope Gregory XV. On 27 September 1970 Pope Paul VI proclaimed Teresa the first female Doctor of the...
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    Deacon in the consistory of 5 September 1622 under Pope Gregory XV, (9 January or 15 January 1554 – Pope 6 February 1621 – 8 July 1623), born Alessandro...
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  • group of Dutch Calvinists in 1645. They were canonized on 15 October 2017 by Pope Francis. Those that were killed on 16 July 1645 were: André de Soveral (b...
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    collection formed by Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1595–1632) the nephew of Pope Gregory XV at the splendid villa and gardens he built near Porta Pinciana, on...
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    Philip Neri (category Canonizations by Pope Gregory XV)
    of Gregory XV in 1622. Although Philip refrained from becoming involved in political matters, he broke this rule in 1593–1595 when he persuaded Pope Clement...
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    Alessandro Ludovisi, who became Pope Gregory XV: although his reign was very short (he died in 1623), Pope Gregory commissioned portraits of himself (both...
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  • of Briefs to Pope Gregory XV and chamberlain to Urban VIII Virginio Cesarini – poet, intellectual, and chamberlain to Popes Gregory XV and Urban VIII...
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    choice to depict the myth of Proserpina may relate to the recent death of Pope Paul V, or to the recent empowerment of Ludovico. Bernini drew inspiration...
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    and became chamberlain to Pope Gregory XV. In 1625 Pope Urban VIII made him the Archbishop of Fermo in Italy. In 1645 Pope Innocent X sent him to Ireland...
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