Noun
Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)
Source: WordNetPatrick Madrid, "Pope Fiction" Other later popes, such as Pope Paul III in "Sublimus Dei" (1537), Pope Benedict XIV in Immensa Pastorium (1741), and Pope Gregory XVI in his letter In Supremo Apostolatus (1839), continued to condemn slavery. Source: Internet
During the reign of Pope Gregory XVI the bishops in various countries began to press for a definition as dogma of the teaching of Mary's immaculate conception. Source: Internet
Condemnation of the Slave Trade Monument to Gregory XVI in Saint Peter's Basilica. Source: Internet
On 27 April 1843, Pope Gregory XVI appointed Pecci Archbishop and asked his Cardinal Secretary of State Lambruschini to consecrate him. Source: Internet
Gregory XVI died on 1 June 1846. Source: Internet
Pope Gregory XVI found the advertising tone of this inscription so inappropriate that he ordered its removal in 1845. Source: Internet