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  • 41Pope Clement VIII —     Pope Clement VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Clement VIII     (IPPOLITO ALDOBRANDINI).     Born at Fano, March, 1536, of a distinguished Florentine family; died at Rome, 5 March, 1605. He was elected pope 30 January, 1592, after a… …

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  • 42Pope Honorius III —     Pope Honorius III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius III     (Cencio Savelli)     Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227. For a time he was canon at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, then he became papal… …

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  • 43Pope Innocent II —     Pope Innocent II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent II     (Gregorio Papereschi)     Elected 14 Feb., 1130; died 24 Sept., 1143. He was a native of Rome and belonged to the ancient family of the Guidoni. His father s name is given as …

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  • 44Pope Paul I —     Pope Paul I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Paul I     (757 67)     Date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 28 June, 767. He was a brother of Stephen II. They had been educated for the priesthood at the Lateran palace. Stephen entrusted his… …

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  • 45Pope 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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  • 46Pope Honorius II —     Pope Honorius II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius II     (Lamberto Scannabecchi)     Born of humble parents at Fagnano near Imola at an unknown date; died at Rome, 14 February, 1130. For a time he was Archdeacon of Bologna. On… …

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  • 47Pope Paschal II —     Pope Paschal II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Paschal II     (RAINERIUS).     Succeeded Urban II, and reigned from 13 Aug., 1099, till he died at Rome, 21 Jan., 1118. Born in central Italy, he was received at an early age as a monk in… …

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  • 48Pope Saint Julius I —     Pope St. Julius I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Julius I     (337 352).     The immediate successor of Pope Silvester, Arcus, ruled the Roman Church for only a very short period from 18 January to 7 October, 336 and after his death… …

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  • 49Pope Clement II —     Pope Clement II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Clement II     (SUIDGER.)     Date of birth unknown; enthroned 25 December, 1046; d. 9 October, 1047. In the autumn of 1046 the King of Germany, Henry III, crossed the Alps at the head of a… …

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  • 50Pope Saint Leo IV —     Pope St. Leo IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Leo IV     (Reigned 847 55)     A Roman and the son of Radoald, was unanimously elected to succeed Sergius II, and as the alarming attack of the Saracens on Rome in 846 caused the people… …

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