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  • 51Honorius IV —     Pope Honorius IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius IV     (Giacomo Savelli)     Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287. He belonged to the rich and influential family of the Savelli and was a grandnephew of Honorius… …

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  • 52Pope Honorius IV —     Pope Honorius IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius IV     (Giacomo Savelli)     Born at Rome about 1210; died at Rome, 3 April, 1287. He belonged to the rich and influential family of the Savelli and was a grandnephew of Honorius… …

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  • 53Leo X —     Pope Leo X     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo X     (GIOVANNI DE MEDICI).     Born at Florence, 11 December, 1475; died at Rome, 1 December, 1521, was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449 1492) and Clarice Orsini, and from his… …

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  • 54Pope Leo X —     Pope Leo X     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo X     (GIOVANNI DE MEDICI).     Born at Florence, 11 December, 1475; died at Rome, 1 December, 1521, was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449 1492) and Clarice Orsini, and from his… …

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  • 55Leo XIII —     Pope Leo XIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo XIII     Born 2 March, 1810, at Carpineto; elected pope 20 February, 1878; died 20 July, 1903, at Rome. Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Lodovico… …

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  • 56Pope Leo XIII —     Pope Leo XIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo XIII     Born 2 March, 1810, at Carpineto; elected pope 20 February, 1878; died 20 July, 1903, at Rome. Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Lodovico… …

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  • 57St. Gregory VII —     Pope St. Gregory VII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII     (HILDEBRAND).     One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… …

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  • 58Pope St. Gregory VII —     Pope St. Gregory VII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII     (HILDEBRAND).     One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… …

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  • 59Urban VIII —     Pope Urban VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Urban VIII     Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, 6 August, 1623; died at Rome, 29 July, 1644.     His father Antonio Barberini, a Florentine nobleman, who died… …

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  • 60Pope Urban VIII —     Pope Urban VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Urban VIII     Maffeo Barberini, born at Florence in April, 1568; elected pope, 6 August, 1623; died at Rome, 29 July, 1644.     His father Antonio Barberini, a Florentine nobleman, who died… …

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