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Coins survive from the tenures of Pope Zacharias (741-752), of Gregory III (731-741) (Ficoroni, "Museo Kircheriano"), and possibly of Gregory II (715-731). These pieces, two of which are of silver, are believed to be true coins, and not medals like those distributed as "presbyterium" at the coronation of the popes since the time of Valentine (827).
Pope Gregory XIII also founded numerous seminaries for training priests, beginning with the German College at Rome, and put them in the charge of the Jesuits. In 1575, he gave official status to the Congregation of the Oratory , a community of priests without vows, dedicated to prayer and preaching (founded by Saint Philip Neri ).
Pope John XXII adopted the Florentine system, and coined gold forms, but the weight of this coin varied from 22 to 30 carats (4.4 to 6 g), until Pope Gregory XI reduced it to the original 24 carats (4.8 g); but deterioration came again, and then there were two kinds of florins, the papal florin, which maintained the old weight, and the florin ...
Inter gravissimas (English: "Among the most serious...") was a papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII on 24 February 1582. [1] [2] The document, written in Latin, reformed the Julian calendar. The reform came to be regarded as a new calendar in its own right and came to be called the Gregorian calendar, which is used in most countries today.
The first scrutiny took place on May 13 at six o'clock in the evening. At the end of the phase of accessus [1] Ugo Boncompagni was elected Pope, receiving all votes except of his own, which he gave to Granvelle. He accepted his election and took the name of Gregory XIII, in honour of Pope Gregory I. [9]
(This is when we first saw New Year's Day celebrated on January 1st) We now use the Gregorian calendar, which first came into fruition in 1582 thanks to Pope Gregory XIII. It was meant to rectify ...
Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI 1834 One of the most worn in the papal collection. Worn at times by Pius IX, Pius X and Pius XII. [6] Decorated with three golden circles inlaid with diamonds over the central silver core of the crown, and above each circle a series of golden cloverleaves, inlaid with jewels. 5 Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI 1845 6
Contarelli was a close associate of Pope Gregory XIII, who reigned from 1572 to 1585. [2] Having made a substantial contribution to the financing of the Church of St. Louis of the French (in particular for the façade work), Contarelli designated a chapel for his burial, [4] the first chapel to the left of the main altar, which he had acquired ...