# Pope Gregory XV

> He formalized the machinery of global conversion. Gregory XV created the Vatican department that would send missionaries to every corner of the earth — the first centralized engine for spreading Catholicism beyond Europe's borders.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 (1554–1623)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-gregory-xv

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1554-01-09
- **Died:** 1623-07-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Alessandro Ludovisi on 9 January 1554, he trained as a lawyer before entering the Church. Elected pope on 9 February 1621, he immediately set about institutionalizing the Counter-Reformation's ambitions. He founded the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, turning missionary work from scattered effort into coordinated campaign. In 1622 he canonized four figures at once — Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Teresa of Ávila, and Philip Neri — elevating the icons of Catholic renewal to sainthood in a single stroke. His papacy lasted just two years. He died on 8 July 1623, but the missionary apparatus he built outlasted him by centuries.

## Fame
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- **Category rank:** #165

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Lawyer, #Law, #Religion, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132692)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XV)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Gregory%20XV)
- [غريغوريوس الخامس عشر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [جريجورى الخمستاشر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [Papa Gregorio XV](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Gregorio_XV)
- [Грыгорыюс XV](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8E%D1%81_XV)
- [Грыгорый XV](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9_XV)
- [Григорий XV](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_XV)
- [Gregor XV](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_XV)
- [Gregori XV](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregori_XV)
- [Gáu-huòng Gregorius 15-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Gregorius_15-si%C3%A9)
- [Řehoř XV.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%98eho%C5%99_XV.)
- [Pab Grigor XV](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Grigor_XV)
- [Pave Gregor 15.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Gregor_15.)
- [Gregor XV.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_XV.)
- [Gregorius XV](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_XV)
- [Πάπας Γρηγόριος ΙΕ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%95%CE%84)
- [Gregorio la 15-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_la_15-a)
- [Gregorio XV](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_XV)
- [Gregorius XV](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_XV)
- [پاپ گریگوری پانزدهم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85)
- [Gregorius XV](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorius_XV)
- [Grégoire XV](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9goire_XV)
- [Pape Grivôr XV](https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape_Griv%C3%B4r_XV)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Gregorio_XV)
- [Gregorio XV.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_XV.a)
- [Pous Gregorius XV](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Gregorius_XV)

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