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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
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(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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Noun1.Gregory XIIIGregory XIII - the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)
Ugo Buoncompagni, Gregory


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