Pope Gregory XV
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 (1554-1623) · Italy · Religious Figures · Died at 69
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Something wrong?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.
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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.
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