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GREGORY XV

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GREGORY XV . (Alessandro Ludovisi) was See also:born on the 9th of See also:January 1554, in See also:Bologna, where he also studied and taught. He was made See also:archbishop of his native See also:place and See also:cardinal by See also:Paul V., whom he succeeded as See also:pope on the 9th of See also:February 162r. Despite his See also:age and feebleness, Gregory displayed remarkable See also:energy. He aided the See also:emperor in the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, and the See also:king of -See also:Poland against the See also:Turks. He endorsed the claims of See also:Maximilian of See also:Bavaria to the electoral dignity, and was rewarded with the See also:gift of the See also:Heidelberg library, which was carried off to See also:Rome. Gregory founded the See also:Congregation of the Propaganda, encouraged See also:missions, fixed the See also:order to be observed in conclaves, and canonized See also:Ignatius See also:Loyola, See also:Francis See also:Xavier, See also:Philip See also:Neri and See also:Theresa de Jesus. He died on the 8th of See also:July 1623, and was succeeded by See also:Urban VIII. See the contemporary See also:life by Vitorelli, continuator of Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae summorum pontiff. Rom. ; See also:Ranke's excellent See also:account, Popes (Eng. trans., See also:Austin), ii. 468 seq.

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Reumont, Gesch. der Stadt Rom, iii. 2, 609 seq. ; See also:Brosch, Gesch. See also:des Kirchenstaates (1880), i. 370 seq. ; and the extended bibliography in See also:Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie, s.v. " Gregor XV." (T. F.

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