Pope Gregory XV
1554 CE–1623 CE · Italy (Soncino/Bologna)
Born Alessandro Ludovisi in Bologna and educated by the Jesuits, Gregory XV reigned only two and a half years but left durable institutional marks. In 1622 he founded the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (Propaganda Fide) to coordinate global Catholic missions, a body that shaped missionary work for centuries. That same year he canonized Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Avila, and Philip Neri. He reformed the procedures of papal elections, introducing secret written ballots that long governed conclaves. Frail throughout his reign, he relied heavily on his capable cardinal-nephew Ludovico Ludovisi to administer affairs.
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Pope Innocent IX, Robert Bellarmine, Pope Urban VIII, Pope Innocent X, Pope Clement X
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- Pope Pius IV· 1499 CE–1565 CE
- Pope Gregory XIII· 1502 CE–1585 CE
- Heinrich Bullinger· 1504 CE–1575 CE
- Pope St. Pius V· 1504 CE–1572 CE
- John Calvin· 1509 CE–1564 CE
- John Knox· 1514 CE–1572 CE
- Teresa of Ávila· 1515 CE–1582 CE
- Theodore Beza· 1519 CE–1605 CE
- Pope Sixtus V· 1521 CE–1590 CE
- Pope Urban VII· 1521 CE–1590 CE
- Pope Leo XI· 1535 CE–1605 CE
- Pope Gregory XIV· 1535 CE–1591 CE
- Pope Clement VIII· 1536 CE–1605 CE
- John of the Cross· 1542 CE–1591 CE
- Pope Paul V· 1552 CE–1621 CE
- Matteo Ricci· 1552 CE–1610 CE
- Richard Hooker· 1554 CE–1600 CE
- Jacobus Arminius· 1559 CE–1609 CE
- Francis de Sales· 1567 CE–1622 CE
- Jakob Böhme· 1575 CE–1624 CE
- Cornelius Jansenius· 1585 CE–1638 CE
- Pope Alexander VII· 1599 CE–1667 CE
- Pope Clement IX· 1600 CE–1669 CE
- Blaise Pascal· 1623 CE–1662 CE
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Rulers world
- Wanli Emperor· 1563 CE–1620 CE
- Mehmed III· 1566 CE–1603 CE
- Powhatan (Wahunsenacawh)· 1547 CE–1618 CE
- Naresuan the Great· 1555 CE–1605 CE
- Tokugawa Ieyasu· 1543 CE–1616 CE
- Jahangir· 1569 CE–1627 CE
- Boris Godunov· 1552 CE–1605 CE
- Feodor I· 1557 CE–1598 CE
- Shah Abbas I the Great· 1571 CE–1629 CE
- Akbar the Great· 1542 CE–1605 CE
- Ahmed I· 1590 CE–1617 CE
- Murad III· 1546 CE–1595 CE
- Maharana Pratap· 1540 CE–1597 CE
- Elizabeth I· 1533 CE–1603 CE
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