Ugo Boncompagni

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Ugo Boncompagni is the birth name of Pope Gregory XIII, the 16th-century pontiff best known for introducing the Gregorian calendar.

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Ugo Boncompagni canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Pope
human
appointedCardinalBy Pope Pius IV
birthName Ugo Boncompagni
birthNameOf Pope Gregory XIII
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica
child Giacomo Boncompagni
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
dateOfBirth 1502-01-07
dateOfCardinalate 1565-03-12
dateOfDeath 1585-04-10
dateOfIssue 1582-02-24
educatedAt University of Bologna
electedPopeOn 1572-05-13
employer University of Bologna
era 16th century
familyName Boncompagni
father Cristoforo Boncompagni
fieldOfWork canon law
givenName Ugo
honorificPrefix His Holiness
implementedReform Gregorian calendar
issuedDocument papal bull "Inter gravissimas"
knownFor implementation of the Council of Trent decrees
introduction of the Gregorian calendar
support of Catholic Counter-Reformation
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Latin
memberOf College of Cardinals
mother Angela Marescalchi
nativeLanguage Italian
nobleFamily Boncompagni family
occupation canon lawyer
university teacher
papacyEndDate 1585-04-10
papacyStartDate 1572-05-13
papalName Gregory XIII
linked to: Pope Gregory XIII
papalPredecessor Pope Pius V
papalSuccessor Pope Sixtus V
linked to: Sixtus V
placeOfBirth Bologna
Papal States
placeOfDeath Papal States
Rome
positionHeld Pope
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
replacedCalendar Julian calendar
residence Apostolic Palace

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Pope Gregory XIII birthName Ugo Boncompagni
Pope Gregory XIII birthName Ugo Boncompagni
subject linked to: Boncompagni
Boncompagni hasMember Ugo Boncompagni
Pope Gregory XIII birthName Ugo Boncompagni
subject linked to: Ugo Boncompagni