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  • 11Pope Innocent II —     Pope Innocent II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent II     (Gregorio Papereschi)     Elected 14 Feb., 1130; died 24 Sept., 1143. He was a native of Rome and belonged to the ancient family of the Guidoni. His father s name is given as …

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  • 12Pope John XV (XVI) —     Pope John XV (XVI)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope John XV (XVI)     Enthroned 985; d. April, 996. After John XIV had been removed by force, the usurper, Boniface VII, reigned eleven months, dying in July, 985. A Roman named John, the son… …

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  • 13Pope Urban VIII —     Pope Urban VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Urban VIII     Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, 6 August, 1623; died at Rome, 29 July, 1644.     His father Antonio Barberini, a Florentine nobleman, who died… …

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  • 14Pope Urban VII —     Pope Urban VII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Urban VII     Giambattista Castagna, born at Rome, 4 Aug., 1521; elected pope, 15 September, 1590; died at Rome, 27 September, 1590. His father, Cosimo, was a Genoese nobleman; his mother,… …

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  • 15Pope Clement V —     Pope Clement V     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Clement V     (BERTRAND DE GOT.)     Born at Villandraut in Gascony, France, 1264; died at Roquemaure, 20 April, 1314. He was elected, 5 June, 1305, at Perugia as successor to Benedict XI,… …

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  • 16Pope St. Zachary —     Pope St. Zachary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Zachary     (ZACHARIAS.)     Reigned 741 52. Year of birth unknown; died in March, 752. Zachary sprang from a Greek family living in Calabria; his father, according to the Liber… …

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  • 17Pope Gregory XVI —     Pope Gregory XVI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XVI     (MAURO, or BARTOLOMEO ALBERTO CAPPELLARI).     Born at Belluno, then in the Venetian territory, 8 September, 1765; died at Rome, 9 June, 1846. His father, Giovanni Battista,… …

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  • 18Pope Julius II —     Pope Julius II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Julius II     (GIULIANO DELLA ROVERE).     Born on 5 December, 1443, at Albissola near Savona; crowned on 28 November, 1503; died at Rome, in the night of 20 21 February, 1513. He was born of… …

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  • 19Pope Honorius IV —     Pope Honorius IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius IV     (Giacomo Savelli)     Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287. He belonged to the rich and influential family of the Savelli and was a grandnephew of Honorius… …

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  • 20Pope Alexander VII —     Pope Alexander VII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Alexander VII     Fabio Chigi, born at Sienna, 13 February, 1599; elected 7 April, 1655; died at Rome, 22 May, 1667. The Chigi of Sienna were among the most illustrious and powerful of… …

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