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2 days ago · Further campaigns of overpainting, often "less discreet or respectful", followed in later reigns, and "the threat of total destruction ... re-surfaced in the pontificates of Pius V, Gregory XIII, and probably again of Clement VIII". According to Anthony Blunt, "rumours were current in 1936 that Pius XI intended to continue the work".
Jul 8, 2024 · the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585) SKIP TO CONTENT. Learn; Dictionary; ... Definitions of Gregory XIII. noun.
5 days ago · Clement X confirmed the exemptions granted by Pope Gregory XIII (1572–85) to the German College at Rome in 1671; and then, on 16 October 1672, he ordered the pupils to swear that at the close of their studies they would set out for Germany without a day's delay.
Jul 2, 2024 · On February 7th 1878, Pope Pius IX died. His pontificate had lasted almost thirty two years, making him the longest-reigning pope in the history of the papacy. Only three popes have reigned for twenty-five years or more; the other two are his immediate successor Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) and John Paul II (r. 1978-2005).
3 days ago · It was unclear whether the Papal States were a separate realm with the Pope as their sovereign ruler, or a part of the Frankish Empire over which the popes had administrative control, as suggested in the late-9th-century treatise Libellus de imperatoria potestate in urbe Roma, or whether the Holy Roman emperors were vicars of the Pope ruling Christendom, with the Pope directly responsible only for the environs of Rome and spiritual duties.
3 days ago · His immediate successor, Pope Gregory XIII, changed the name of this feast to "The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary" and Pope John XXIII changed it to "Our Lady of the Rosary". Pius V's work in severely reducing the number of feasts in the Roman calendar (see this comparison) was very soon further undone by his successors. Feasts ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Answer: They elected a third Pope. The Council of Pisa declared both Gregory XII and Benedict XIII to be "schismatical, heretical, perjured, and scandalous." And they elected the Archbishop of Milan, Petros Philargos, as Pope, who took the name Alexander V.
