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Feb 13, 2018 · After Sixtus’s death in 1590, Pope Gregory XIV quickly rolled back the dictate, limiting it to ensouled fetuses. This, of course, offered no permanent resolution to the legal status of abortion. In the centuries that followed, the issue has remained among the most divisive imaginable in both secular and religious contexts.
He participated in the sessions of the Council of Trent, 1561-1563, and was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia by Gregory XIII on 12 December 1583. Urban VII having died on 27 September, 1590, Sfondrati was elected to succeed him on 5 December, 1590, after a protracted conclave of more than two months, and took the name of Gregory XIV.
Pope Gregory did all he could for them. Ecclesiastics from cardinals to simple religious worked to care for those stricken. It was at this time that (Saint) Aloysius Gonzaga died caring for the plague-stricken people. Gregory XIV, though ill at ease in political affairs, was interested in all types of reform projects.
Pope Gregory XIV Niccolò Sfondrati. Event Place Birth Place: Somma, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}; Ordained Bishop: San Paolo Converso, Church, Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
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Jun 14, 2008 · Medals issued during the brief pontificate of Pope Gregory XIV (Sfondrati), 1590-1591 . GREGORY XIV (December 5, 1590-October 16, 1591) Æ. Obv.: ...
Pope Gregory XIV. From the Catholic Encyclopedia (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, been created cardinal by Pope Paul III, in 1544.
