Pope Gregory XV
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Scipione Cardinal Caffarelli-Borghese | |
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Created cardinal | 19 September 1616 by Paul V |
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Born | Alessandro Ludovisi 9 January 1554 |
Died | 8 July 1623 Rome, Papal States | (aged 69)
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Alma mater | University of Bologna |
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Pope Gregory XV (
Biography
Papal styles of Pope Gregory XV | ||
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Reference style | His Holiness | |
Spoken style | Your Holiness | |
Religious style | Holy Father | |
Posthumous style | None |
Early life
Alessandro Ludovisi was born in Bologna on 9 January 1554[2] to Pompeo Ludovisi, Count of Samoggia (now Savigno in the Province of Bologna) and of Camilla Bianchini. He was the third of seven children.
He was educated at the
He returned to Rome in 1575 and he served as the Referendary of the
On 12 March 1612,
In August 1616, the pope sent him as
On 19 September 1616, Pope Paul V elevated him to the rank of cardinal and appointed him as a
Papacy
Papal conclave
Ludovisi remained in his
At the moment of his election, chiefly through the influence of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, at his advanced age (he was 67) and with his weak state of health he saw at once that he would need an energetic man, in whom he could place implicit confidence, to assist him in the government of the Church. His nephew Ludovico Ludovisi, a young man of 25 years, seemed to him to be the right person and, at the risk of being charged with nepotism, he created him cardinal on the third day of his pontificate. On the same day, his youngest brother Orazio was appointed Captain General of the Church at the head of the Papal army.[3]
The future revealed that Gregory XV was not disappointed in his nephew. The
Actions
Gregory XV interfered little in European politics, beyond assisting
He was a learned theologian and manifested a reforming spirit.
Consistories
The pope created eleven cardinals in four consistories that saw him elevate his nephew Ludovico and his cousin Marcantonio Gozzadini as cardinals; he also elevated the noted Armand Jean Richelieu as a cardinal.
Canonizations and beatifications
On 12 March 1622, the pope canonized several saints: Francis Xavier, Ignatius of Loyola,[1] Isidore the Laborer, Philip Neri and Teresa of Ávila.
Gregory XV also beatified three individuals during his pontificate:
Death and burial
He had been suffering from
Pope Gregory XV died in the
Gregory XV was succeeded by Pope Urban VIII.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ The dispute eventually led to the War of the Mantuan Succession, which lasted 1628–31.
- ^ a b c d e f Baynes 1878, pp. 178–179.
- ^ "UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020". United Press International. 9 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
…Pope Gregory XV in 1554
- ^ a b c d e Ott 1910.
- ^ "Sede Vacante 1623". 27 September 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
References
- "Alessandro Ludovisi". Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
- "Alessandro Ludovisi, no. F3". Genealogy of the Ludovisi. Archived from the original on 10 May 2006.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 178–179.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ott, Michael (1910). "Pope Gregory XV". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Further reading
- Wassilowsky, Günther; Wolf, Hubert (2007). Päpstliches Zeremoniell in der Frühen Neuzeit – Das Diarium des Zeremonienmeisters Paolo Alaleone de Branca während des Pontifikats Gregors XV. (1621–1623) (in German). Münster: Rhema-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-930454-80-8.
- Collier, Theodore Freylinghuysen (1911). Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 575. . In