Gregory XIII

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Gregory XIII Originally Ugo Buoncompagni. 1502-1585.

Pope (1572-1585) who established many Catholic universities and seminaries and sponsored the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (1582).

Gregory XIII

(Biographies / Gregory XIII (1502-1585) M, Italian, RELIGION: pope) 1502-85, pope (1572-85). He promoted the Counter-Reformation and founded seminaries. His reformed (Gregorian) calendar was issued in 1582

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Gregory XIII - the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)

Ugo Buoncompagni, Gregory

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