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
At this time Gregory XVI was Pope, a reactionary man, devoted to ecclesiastical history, and, according to his detractors, to Orvietan wine.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
The collection is chiefly due to Pius VII. and Gregory XVI.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Gregory XVI, Pope, accession of, 337; death of, 431.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
Bought from the Braschi family by Gregory XVI for 12,000 scudi.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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