Pope St. Gregory I (the Great) — Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great ) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory I ( the Great ) Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Gregory is certainly one of the most notable figures in Ecclesiastical… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Gregory IX — Pope Gregory IX † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory IX (UGOLINO, Count of Segni). Born about 1145, at Anagni in the Campagna; died 22 August, 1241, at Rome. He received his education at the Universities of Paris and Bologna.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Gregory XVI — Pope Gregory XVI † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XVI (MAURO, or BARTOLOMEO ALBERTO CAPPELLARI). Born at Belluno, then in the Venetian territory, 8 September, 1765; died at Rome, 9 June, 1846. His father, Giovanni Battista,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Pius IX — Pope Pius IX † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Pius IX (GIOVANNI MARIA MASTAI FERRETTI). Pope from 1846 78; born at Sinigaglia, 13 May, 1792; died in Rome, 7 February, 1878. BEFORE HIS PAPACY His early years. After receiving… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope St. Gregory VII — Pope St. Gregory VII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII (HILDEBRAND). One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Gregory XV — Pope Gregory XV † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XV (ALESSANDRO LUDOVISI). Born at Bologna, 9 or 15 January, 1554; died at Rome, 8 July, 1623. After completing the humanities and philosophy under Jesuit teachers, partly at… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope St. Gregory II — Pope St. Gregory II † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory II (Reigned 715 731). Perhaps the greatest of the great popes who occupied the chair of Peter during the eighth century, a Roman, son of Marcellus and Honesta. To his… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Gregory XI — Pope Gregory XI † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XI (PIERRE ROGER DE BEAUFORT). Born in 1331, at the castle of Maumont in the Dioceses of Limoges; died 27 March, 1378, at Rome. He was a nephew of Pope Clement VI, who heaped… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Gregory XIII — Pope Gregory XIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XIII (UGO BUONCOMPAGNI). Born at Bologna, 7 Jan., 1502; died at Rome, 10 April, 1585. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Bologna, from which he was graduated at… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope Gregory XIV — Pope Gregory XIV † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XIV (NICCOLÒ SPONDRATI). Born at Somma, near Milan, 11 Feb., 1535; died at Rome, 15 Oct., 1591. His father Francesco, a Milanese senator, had, after the death of his wife … Catholic encyclopedia
