Pope Gregory has been the name of sixteen Roman Catholic Popes: Pope Gregory I, also called Gregory the Great Pope Gregory II Pope Gregory III Pope Gregory IV Pope Gregory V Pope Gregory VI Pope Gregory VII Pope Gregory VIII Pope Gregory IX Pope Gregory X Pope Gregory XI Pope Gregory XII Pope Gregory XIII, responsible for the Gregorian calendar. Pope Gregory XIV Pope Gregory XV Pope Gregor

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Gregory is the only pope between the 5th and the 11th centuries whose correspondence and writings have survived enough to form a comprehensive corpus. "His character strikes us as an ambiguous and enigmatic one," Norman F. Cantor observed (Cantor, 1993, p. 157). "On the one hand he was an able and determined administrator, a skilled and clever diplomat, a leader of the greatest sophistication and vision; but on the other hand, he appears in his writings as a superstitious and credulous monk, hostile to learning, crudely limited as a t ...

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Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (May 23, 1946 – March 22, 2005) was proclaimed Pope Gregory XVII by supporters of the Palmarian Catholic Church Catholic breakway movement in 1978. He was viewed by mainstream Roman Catholicism as an antipope. Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, who was born in Seville, Spain, became closely associated with the Palmar de Troya movement, which had its origins in an alleged apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 30, 1968 in the village of El Palmar de Troya in the Province of ...

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731 - Events. Bede completes his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum February 11 - Pope Gregory III succeeds Gregory II Unit 731 731 - Deaths. February 11 - Pope Gregory II See also. Unit 731 Category: 731 ...

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999 - Events. Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V Sigmundur Brestisson introduces christianity in the Faroe Islands 999 - Deaths. December 16 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931) February 7 - Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia February 18 - Pope Gregory V Category: 999 ...

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257 - Events. Pope Sixtus II succeeds Pope Stephen I Franks breach the Roman Rhine border en masse. 257 - Births. Saint Gregory the Illuminator, founder and patron saint of the Armenian Church (approximate date) 257 - Deaths. Pope Stephen I Category: 257 ...

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Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent, Bretwalda of England by Pope Gregory the Great in 597. He was accompanied by Laurence of Canterbury, the second archbishop. In 596, Augustine was praepositus (prior) of the monastery of Saint Andrew, founded by Pope Gregory I, and was sent by Gregory at the head of forty monks to preach to the Anglo-Saxons. They lost heart on the way and Augustine went back to Rome from Provence and asked that the mission be given up. The pope, however, commanded and encouraged them to proceed, ...

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Events Succession of Pope Valentine, then Pope Gregory IV. Arabs invade Sicily. The royal ceremonial centre at Copán is abandoned. Chalid Ben Abdulmelik and Ali Ben Isa measure the size of the Earth. Births Saint Cyril, scholar, theologian, and linguist (d. 869) Emperor Montoku, emperor of Japan (d. 858) Deaths Pope Eugene II ...

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The Council of Sutri (or Synod of Sutri) was called by Pope Gregory VI at the behest of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and opened on December 20, 1046, in the hilltown of Sutri. The council was called to resolve the confusion over the papacy. Gregory had, "in all good faith and simplicity", purchased the papacy from Pope Benedict IX in 1044. After the departure of Benedict, the Bishop of Sabina had also declared himself pope, Silvester III. In 1045 Benedict, having not received his pay-off, returned to Rome and renewed his claim ...

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741 - Events. June 18 - Constantine V succeeds Leo III as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Pope Zacharias succeeds Pope Gregory III. Carloman, Pippin the Short and Grifo succeed their father Charles Martel as Mayor of the Palace. York Minster church is burned. 741 - Deaths. October 22 - Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of the kingdom of the Franks (b. 686) November 29 - Pope Gregory III 741 - ...

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844 - Events. Succession of Pope Sergius II (844 - 847). Rhodri Mawr ('the Great') becomes king of Gwynedd. June 15: Louis II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Dorestad is raided by Vikings. 844 - Births. 844 - Deaths. January 25 - Pope Gregory IV Category: 844 ...

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996 - Events. March/April - Pope John XV dies before being being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. Otto resides in Pavia while waiting for the election of the next Pope. May 3 - Twenty-four year old Bruno of Carinthia, grandson of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and first cousin of Otto III, is elected Pope Gregory V. He is the first German Pope. May 21 - Sixteen year old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by his cousin Pope Gregory V. October 24 - H ...

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The Blessed Victor III, born as Dauferius (Benevento, 1026? – September 16, 1087), pope (May 24, 1086 until his death), was the successor of Pope Gregory VII. Son of Landolfo V, prince of Benevento, he was born circa 1026; in his thirtieth year he entered monastic life at Monte Cassino, changing his name of Dauferius to Desiderius. He soon became abbot of the monastery, and i ...

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Benno [of Meissen] (1010 - June 16, 1106), bishop of Meissen, was the son of Werner, count of Woldbnburg, was educated at Gosslar, and in 1066 was nominated by the emperor Henry IV to the see of Meissen. In the troubles between empire and papacy that followed Benno took part against the emperor. In 1085 he was deposed by the synod of Mainz, but after the death of Pope Gregory VII he submitted, and on the recommendation of the imperialist Pope Clement III was restor ...

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1228 - Events. The Sixth Crusade is launched by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, after delays due to sickness and an excommunication from Pope Gregory IX. Conrad IV of Germany becomes titular King of Jerusalem, with Frederick II as regent. Baldwin II becomes emperor of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, with John of Brienne as regent. Amadeus IV becomes count of Savoy. Francis of Assisi founder of the Franciscan order Canonized by Pope Gregory IX Sukaphaa the f ...

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John XVI (originally John Piligato or Philagathus) (died AD 1013?) was an Italian antipope between 997 and 998. He was chosen by Crescentius and the nobles of Rome, in revolt against the will of the youthful Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, the cousin of Pope Gregory V. John and Gregory were rivals until the council of Pavia in 997. The revolt of Crescentius was decisively suppressed by Otto III, who marched upon Rome. John XVI fled, but the emperor's troops pursued and captured him, cut off his nose and ears, cut out his to ...

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Audita tremendi was a papal bull issued by Pope Gregory VIII on October 29, 1187, calling for the Third Crusade. It was issued just days after Gregory had succeeded Urban III as pope, in response to the defeat of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin on July 4 of 1187. Jerusalem itself had fallen to Saladin on October 2 (see Siege of Jerusalem), but news of this had not yet reached Europe by ...

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997 - Events. City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V The town of Trondheim is founded. (Norway) 997 - Births. 997 - Deaths. April 23 - Saint Adalbert of Prague (martyred) Category: 997 ...

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Events April 13 - Sabinianus becomes Pope, succeeding Gregory I. September 13 - Pope Sabinianus is consecrated. Saint Laurence becomes Archbishop of Canterbury. Saebert succeeds Sledda as King of Essex. Mellitus becomes Bishop of London and founds the first St. Paul's Cathedral. Justus founds a cathedral in Rochester, England. Aethelfrith of Northumbria unites Deira and Bernicia. The Sassanids destroy the Byzantine fortress of Dara. Theudebert II and Theuderic II defeat Clotaire II in battle. Births Oswa ...

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