The pope was especially hateful of Queen Elizabeth who he excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
When Ugo was in his 30s, he went to Rome and worked with Pope Paul III as a judge and in other positions. He not only brought about an amicable settlement between the two rulers, but also obtained for the Catholics of Russia the right to practice their religion openly. Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile, Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile. Gregory XII, original name Angelo Correr, (born c. 1325, Venice [Italy]—died Oct. 18, 1417, Recanati, Papal States), pope from 1406 to 1415. The world knows of the atrocities committed by Queen Elizabeth on many Catholic missionaries and laymen. He was especially friendly towards the Jesuits, whose rapid spread during the pontificate was greatly due to his encouragement and financial assistance. In a brief, dated 14 January, 1584, Gregory XIII ordered that the new martyrology should supersede all others. Ott, M. (1910). This page was last changed on 4 June 2020, at 12:27. In 1574 he sent the Polish Jesuit Warsiewicz to John III of Sweden in order to convert him to Catholicity. Gregory was helpless against these lawless bands. FOSTER, History of the Popes (London, 1906), I, 319-333; BROSCH, Gesch. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally accepted civil calendar to this day. Announcing our NEW encyclopedia for Kids! Contact seller. All materials contained on this site, whether written, audible or visual are the exclusive property of Catholic Online and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws, © Copyright 2020 Catholic Online. No expense appeared too high to him, if only it was made for the benefit of the Catholic religion. APA citation. The king, however, soon turned Protestant again from political motives. XIII (Dillingen, 1685); PALATIUS, Gesta Pontificum Romanorum (Venice, 1688), IV, 329-366; MAFFEL, Annales Gregorii XIII, 2 vols. 7. The medal which Gregory XIII had struck in memory of the event bears his effigy on the obverse, which on the reverse under the legend Vgonotiorum Strages (overthrow of the Huguenots) stands an angel with cross and drawn sword, killing the Huguenots. In recognition of his many improvements in Rome the senate and the people erected a statue in his honour on the Capitoline Hill, when he was still living.
In 1574 he sent the Polish Jesuit Warsiewicz to John III of Sweden in order to convert him to Catholicity.
Before becoming the pope, he served as a cardinal priest, prefect, papal legate and bishop. The banditti who infested the Campagna were protected by the barons and the peasantry and became daily more bold.
Gregory XIII had been a member of it from the beginning. Shortly after his return to Rome, the same pope created him Cardinal Priest of San Sisto in 1564, and sent him as legate to Spain to investigate the case of Archbishop Bartolomé Carranza of Toledo, who had been suspected of heresy and imprisoned by the Inquisition.
Gregory XIII spared no efforts to restore the Catholic Faith in the countries that had become Protestant. Ugo formed a closed bond with the king that continued through his papacy. Both editions were suppressed by Gregory XIII, and in January, 1584, appeared a third and better edition under the title of "Martyrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII jussu editum" (Rome, 1583). Two of his nephews, Filippo Buoncompagni and Filippo Vastavillano, he created cardinals because he considered them worthy of the dignity; but when a third one aspired after the purple, he did not even grant him an audience. He helped found many colleges affiliated with the Society of Jesuits and changed the existing calendar. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. The following Roman colleges were founded by Gregory XIII: the Greek college on 13 Jan., 1577; the college for neophytes, i.e. Gregory XIII had nothing whatever to do with the plot of Henry, Duke of Guise, and his brother, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, to assassinate the queen, and most probably knew nothing whatever about it (see Bellesheim, "Wilhelm Cardinal Allen ", Mainz, 1885, p. 144). In order to safeguard the Catholic religion in Germany, he instituted a special Congregation of Cardinals for German affairs, the so-called Congregatio Germanica , which lasted from 1573-1578. Corrections?
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He held Mass two days later and attended several meetings, but many of those in attendance noticed that he was sick.
While working with Pope Pius IV, he strengthened his relationship with the Church and became a cardinal and then a cardinal deacon.
In Rome he built the magnificent Gregorian chapel in the church of St. Peter, and the Quirinal palace in 1580; a capacious granary in the Thermae of Diocletian in 1575, and fountains at the Piazza Navona, the Piazza del Pantheon, and the Piazza del Popolo. Ugo had a close relationship with a woman named Maddalena that resulted in a son.