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Gregory XVI

Gregory XVI (1765 – 1846) was the last monk to be elected pope and the last non-bishop to be elected. Extremely conservative in his views, he was the two hundred and fifty-second member in a line of popes dating back to Peter the Apostle. Gregory XVI authored 11 papal letters.

Gregory XVI was born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari in 1765. His parents — Giovanni Battista, a lawyer, and Giulia Cesa-Pagani — were members of the Italian aristocracy. At age 18 and against the wishes of his family, Cappellari entered a Benedictine community called the Camaldolese, at the monastery of San Michele di Murano near Venice. Living under the religious name of Mauro, he ...

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