Pope Gregory XV

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Catholic priest human pope

Pope Gregory XV was the head of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623, noted for founding the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Propaganda Fide) to coordinate global missionary work.

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Label Occurrences
Pope Gregory XV canonical 15
Gregory XV 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
human ⓘ
pope ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Congregatio de Propaganda Fide founder ⓘ
appointed Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi as cardinal-nephew ⓘ
birthDate 1554-01-09 ⓘ
birthName Alessandro Ludovisi ⓘ
birthPlace Bologna ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
burialPlace Sant'Ignazio Church, Rome ⓘ
cardinalateStartYear 1616 ⓘ
coordinated global missionary work through Propaganda Fide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Papal States ⓘ
deathDate 1623-07-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
educatedAt Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum ⓘ
surface form: Collegio Germanico-Ungarico

University of Bologna ⓘ
elevatedToCardinalBy Pope Paul V ⓘ
endTime 1623-07-08 ⓘ
era Counter-Reformation ⓘ
familyName Borghese ⓘ
surface form: Ludovisi
foundationDateOfPropagandaFide 1622-01-06 ⓘ
founded Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ
surface form: Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide ⓘ
surface form: Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide
givenName Alessandro ⓘ
headOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
issuedDocument Aeterni Patris (1621) ⓘ
Aeterni Patris Filius (1621) on papal elections ⓘ
Decet Romanum Pontificem (1622) on conclaves ⓘ
Inscrutabili divinae (1621) ⓘ
Omnipotentis Dei (1623) ⓘ
memberOf College of Cardinals ⓘ
motto In omnibus amare et servire Domino ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
nobleFamily Ludovisi family ⓘ
notableWork establishment of Propaganda Fide ⓘ
occupation canon lawyer ⓘ
papacyEndYear 1623 ⓘ
papacyStartYear 1621 ⓘ
positionHeld Pope ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Pope ⓘ
Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor Pope Paul V ⓘ
reformed papal conclave procedures ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
startTime 1621-02-09 ⓘ
successor Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
supported Catholic missions worldwide ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Paul V → successor → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Pope Urban VIII → predecessor → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Ignatius of Loyola → canonizedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Francis Xavier → canonizedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide → foundedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide → approvedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Sovereign of the Papal States → officeHolder → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Paul V → successor → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gregory XV
Maffeo → predecessor → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
subject surface form: Maffeo Barberini
Maffeo Barberini → predecessor → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Camillo → successor → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
subject surface form: Camillo Borghese
Teresa of Ávila → canonizedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Philip Neri → canonizationBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta → canonizedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Guercino → employer → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ
Propaganda Fide → foundedBy → Pope Gregory XV ⓘ