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Pope Gregory V (Latin: Gregorius V; c. 972 – 18 February 999), born Bruno of Carinthia, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 May 996 to his death. A member of the Salian dynasty , he was made pope by his cousin, Emperor Otto III .
The frontispiece of the Registrum Gregorii, depicting Pope Gregory the Great writing, was inspired by a story of how he was given dictation by the Holy Spirit. The story goes that while Pope Gregory was writing his sermon on Ezekiel, a curtain was drawn between him and his secretary, Deacon Peter. From the other side of the curtain, Pope ...
Pope Gregory III (731–741) Pope Gregory IV (827–844) Pope Gregory V (996–999) Pope Gregory VI (1045–1046) Antipope Gregory VI; Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085), after whom the Gregorian Reform is named; Pope Gregory VIII (1187) Antipope Gregory VIII; Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241) Pope Gregory X (1271–1276) Pope Gregory XI (1370–1378 ...
One misconception surrounding the papal tiara suggests that the words Vicarius Filii Dei (Latin for "Vicar of the Son of God") exist on the side of one of the tiaras.. The story centres on the widely made claim that, when numerised (i.e., when those letters in the 'title' that have Roman numeral value are added together as in a chronogram) they produce the number 666, described in the Book of ...
He possibly receives his 'imperial crown' from Gregory V (approximate date). King Stephen Držislav of Croatia dies after a 28-year reign. His three sons, Svetoslav , Krešimir III and Gojslav , open a violent contest for the throne, weakening the kingdom and allowing Samuel to encroach on the Croatian possessions along the Adriatic .
Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. [1] [a] He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. [2]
Pope Martin V (1417–1431) Pope Paul III (1534–1549) Pope Julius III (1550–1555) Pope Marcellus II (1555) Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585) Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) Pope Urban VII (1590) Pope Innocent IX (1591) Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605) Pope Paul V (1605–1621) Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623) Pope Innocent X (1644–1655) Pope ...
Gregory V may refer to: Pope Gregory V, Pope from 996 to 999; Gregory V of Cilicia 1193–1194; Patriarch Gregory V of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria from 1484 ...