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Gregory XIII
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Gregory XIII
–noun
(Ugo Buoncompagni ) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar. |
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| Gregory XIII Originally Ugo Buoncompagni. 1502-1585.
Pope (1572-1585) who established many Catholic universities and seminaries and sponsored the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (1582). |
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| gregory xiii | |
noun | |
| the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585) [syn: Gregory] |
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