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  • 41Pope St. Hormisdas —     Pope St. Hormisdas     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Hormisdas     Date of birth unknown, elected to the Holy See, 514; d. at Rome, 6 August, 523.     This able and sagacious pontiff belonged to a wealthy and honourable family of… …

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  • 42Pope Blessed Eugene III —     Pope Blessed Eugene III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Blessed Eugene III     Bernardo Pignatelli, born in the neighbourhood of Pisa, elected 15 Feb., 1145; d. at Tivoli, 8 July, 1151. On the very day that Pope Lucius II succumbed, either …

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  • 43Pope Blessed Victor III —     Pope Blessed Victor III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Blessed Victor III     (DAUFERIUS or DAUFAR).     Born in 1026 or 1027 of a non regnant branch of the Lombard dukes of Benevento; died in Rome, 16 Sept., 1087. Being an only son his… …

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  • 44Pope Callistus III —     Pope Callistus III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Callistus III     Born near Valencia in Spain, 31 December, 1378; died at Rome, 6 August, 1458. Alfonso de Borja (Ital. Borgia), as he was known before he became pope, came of a noble… …

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  • 45Pope Eugene IV —     Pope Eugene IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Eugene IV     Gabriello Condulmaro, or Condulmerio, b. at Venice, 1388; elected 4 March, 1431; d. at Rome, 23 Feb., 1447. He sprang from a wealthy Venetia family and was a nephew, on the… …

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  • 46Pope Gregory XIII —     Pope Gregory XIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory XIII     (UGO BUONCOMPAGNI).     Born at Bologna, 7 Jan., 1502; died at Rome, 10 April, 1585. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Bologna, from which he was graduated at… …

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  • 47Pope Innocent VII —     Pope Innocent VII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent VII     (Cosimo de Migliorati)     Born of humble parents at Sulmona, in the Abruzzi, about 1336; died 6 November, 1406. He studied at Perugia, Padua, and finally at Bologna, where …

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  • 48Pope Innocent XI —     Pope Innocent XI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent XI     (Benedetto Odescalchi)     Born at Como, 16 May, 1611; died at Rome, 11 August, 1689. He was educated by the Jesuits at Como, and studied jurisprudence at Rome and Naples.… …

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  • 49Pope Marcellus II —     Pope Marcellus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Marcellus II     (MARCELLO CERVINI DEGLI SPANNOCHI)     Born 6 May, 1501, at Montepulciano in Tuscany; died 6 May, 1555, at Rome. His father, Ricardo Cervini, was Apostolic treasurer in the …

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  • 50Pope Martin V —     Pope Martin V     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Martin V     (Oddone Colonna)     Born at Genazzano in the Campagna di Roma, 1368; died at Rome, 20 Feb., 1431. He studied at the University of Perugia, became prothonotary Apostolic under… …

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