Gregory XVI
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He has told of the cordial and paternal treatment with which he was honored by Gregory XVI. in particular.
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Pope Gregory XVI. was for some years abbot of this convent, to which he was afterwards a generous benefactor;—regretting always, like his great predecessor, the peace of his monastic life.
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His predecessor, Gregory XVI., had been very conservative.
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Gregory XVI. died in 1846 and was succeeded by Cardinal Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti, Archbishop of Spoleto who took the name of Pius IX.
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He returned to Rome, and seems to have been instrumental in inducing Pope Gregory XVI. to increase the vicars apostolic in England.
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