Gregory XIII

American

noun

Ugo Buoncompagni, 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.

Gregory XIII British

noun

1502–85, pope (1572–85). He promoted the Counter-Reformation and founded seminaries. His reformed (Gregorian) calendar was issued in 1582

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The legal battle began after the death in 2018 of Prince Nicolo Ludovisi Boncompagni, a descendant of Pope Gregory XIII, who was head of the family which has owned Villa Aurora for generations.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

On the reform of the calendar by Pope Gregory XIII.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Pope Gregory XIII, a contemporary of Galileo, felt it necessary to institute further calendar reform.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Under the Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 and named for Pope Gregory XIII, one day is dropped every 100 years.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2016

The Jacobins of the Terror had a mentality very like that of Gregory XIII.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave

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