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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 ).
Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI 1845 6 Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI date unknown Lightweight version. 7 Tiara of Pope Pius IX 1846 Created in 1854. With 18,000 diamonds and 1,000 emeralds, sapphires and rubies. Loaned by the Vatican Museum for display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, May-October 2018. [7] [8] 8 Spanish Tiara 1855
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 ...
Innocent XIII (Michelangelo Conti, 1721–1724) like Pope Innocent III (1198–1216), Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241) and Pope Alexander IV (1254–1261) was a member of the Conti di Segni, using its coat of arms, which since the 14th century had been mostly shown with the eagle crowned oriental or (also described as in chief a ducal coronet or ...
Pope Pius V died on May 1, 1572, at the age of 68. To date, he is the only canonized pope between Celestine V (1294) and Pius X (1903–1914). Fifty-three out of sixty-six Cardinals participated in the election of his successor: [1]
The Bolognese family, perhaps originally from Umbria, rose socially with the marriage of Cristoforo Boncompagni (1470 - 1546) to the noble Angela Marescalchi. In 1572 Ugo Boncompagni, son of Cristoforo and Angela, was elected Pope Gregory XIII, the 226th pope of the Catholic Church, followed by increased power and prestige of the family. [3]
Giacomo's father, Pope Gregory XIII. Despite all the political and military charges he had been able to assign to his son, Gregory aimed to carve out for him a true state. After a failed attempt of acquisition of the Marquisate of Saluzzo in 1577, in the same year the pope paid 70,000 gold scudi for the small Marquisate of Vignola to Alfonso II ...