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Gregory XIII

NOUN
  1. the pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585)

How To Use Gregory XIII In A Sentence

  • Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar.
  • Anyway, we are indebted to Pope Gregory XIII for straightening up the calendar.
  • In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new, but very similar, calendar.
  • In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII established the Gregorian calendar, which most of the world now observes, to account for an equinox inconvenience.
  • Holywood), and a dissertation upon the astrolabe; the fourth contains what was up to that time the most detailed and copious discussion of gnomonics, i.e. the art of constructing all possible sun-dials; finally, the fifth contains the best and most fundamental exposition of the reform of the calendar accomplished under Gregory XIII. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • On April 22, 1575, Carlo Borr omeo obtained permission from Pope Gregory XIII to carry out such a visitation of the diocese of Bergamo.
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