Pope Gregory XIV


Gregory XIV
Bishop of Rome
Portrait by Philip Galle, c. 1591
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began5 December 1590
Papacy ended16 October 1591
PredecessorUrban VII
SuccessorInnocent IX
Previous post(s)
  • Abbot of Civate (1551–1560)
  • Bishop of Cremona (1560–1590)
  • Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (1585–1590)
Orders
Consecration19 May 1560 (Bishop)
by Melchiorre Crivelli, O.P.
Created cardinal12 December 1583
by Gregory XIII
Personal details
Born
Niccolò Sfondrato

11 February 1535
Died16 October 1591(1591-10-16) (aged 56)
Rome, Papal States
Coat of armsGregory XIV's coat of arms
Other popes named Gregory
Papal styles of
Pope Gregory XIV
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious styleHoly Father
Posthumous styleNone

Pope Gregory XIV (Latin: Gregorius XIV; Italian: Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato[1] or Sfondrati,[2] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death, in October 1591.

  1. ^ "Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1880). "Gregory XIV." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  2. ^ Leijenhorst, Cees (1998). "Francesco Patrizi's Hermetic Philosophy". Van den Broek, Roel; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (eds.). Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times. State University of New York Press. p. 125.