RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Gregory XVI

1765 - 1846

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Pope Gregory XVI (Latin: Gregorius PP. XVI; Italian: Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in June 1846. He had adopted the name Mauro upon entering the religious order of the Camaldolese. He is the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Gregory", the last to govern the Papal States for the whole duration of his pontificate, and the most recent not to have been a bishop when elected. Reactionary in tendency, Gregory XVI opposed democratic and modernising reforms in the Papal States and throughout Europe, seeing them as fronts for liberalism and laicism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Gregory XVI is the 51st most popular religious figure (up from 123rd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Italy (up from 129th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Gregory XVI was most famous for abolishing slavery in the Papal States in 1839.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 51 out of 3,187. Before him are Mark the Evangelist, John Calvin, Pope Urban VII, Pope Clement VII, Jonah, and Queen of Sheba. After him are Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Leo XI, Pope Pius VII, Saint Barbara, and Pope Leo X.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 2. Before him is William IV of the United Kingdom. After him are Nicéphore Niépce, Eli Whitney, Pyotr Bagration, Robert Fulton, Jacques MacDonald, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karl Ludwig Harding, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, and Emma, Lady Hamilton. Among people deceased in 1846, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 1. After him are Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Bessel, Emperor Ninkō, Friedrich List, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Andrew Kim Taegon, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 55 out of 5,161. Before him are Giotto (1267), Pope Clement VII (1478), Juan Carlos I of Spain (1938), Donatello (1386), Tiberius (-42), and Horace (-65). After him are Sulla (-138), Titian (1488), Maria Montessori (1870), Pontius Pilate (-12), Pope Julius II (1443), and Parmenides (-501).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Gregory XVI ranks 14. Before him are Pope Pius XI (1857), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), Pope Urban VII (1521), and Pope Clement VII (1478). After him are Pope Julius II (1443), Pope Gregory XIII (1502), Pope Leo XI (1535), Pope Pius VII (1742), Pope Leo X (1475), and Pope Leo XII (1760).

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