Gregory XVI
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He was beatified by Pope Gregory XVI in 1837, and Pope Pius XI reopened the investigation of his life in 1926, after devotion to him had spread outside Peru to the U.S. and Africa.
From Time Magazine Archive
The collection is chiefly due to Pius VII. and Gregory XVI.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
He was educated at the Grand Seminary of Rome, where he attracted the attention of Pope Gregory XVI, who appointed him to several important offices.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Cardinal Soglia, in a work approved by Gregory XVI and Pius IX, declared that this opinion was "more in harmony with the gentleness of the Church."
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)
For a month he debated with himself and his councillors upon the advisability of granting an amnesty to prisoners confined during the reign of Gregory XVI.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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