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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Alessandro Ludovisi |
| Born |
1554 |
| Location |
Bologna, Italy |
| Bloodline |
Ludovisi |
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| Position |
Pope (1621-1623) |
| Died |
July 8, 1623 |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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He was born in Bologna to Count Pompeo Ludovisi and Camilla Bianchini, one of seven surviving siblings. |
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Educated at the Collegio Romano of the Jesuits in Rome, he went to the University of Bologna to get a degree in both canon and Roman law, June 1575. |
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In 1612 Pope Paul V appointed him Archbishop of Bologna and sent him in August 1616 as nuncio to the Duchy of Savoy, to mediate between Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Philip III of Spain in their dispute concerning the Gonzaga Marquisate of Montferrat. In September 1616 Paul created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina. |
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Pope Paul V died on January 28, 1621 and at the Conclave, Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi through the patronage of Cardinal Borghese was elected Pope on February 9, 1621. |
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His Constitution against magicians and witches (Omnipotentis Dei, 20 March, 1623) was the last papal ordinance against witchcraft. |
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His first official act as Pope was to appoint his son Ludovico Ludovisi a Cardinal and Secretary of State in charge of the day to day government of the Church. On the same day, he appointed his brother Orazio Ludovisi as head of the Papal Army. |
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Gregory secured for the Ludovisi two dukedoms, one for his youngest brother Orazio, made a Nobile Romano and duca di Fiano, 1621, and the other, the duchy of Zagarolo, purchased from the Colonna by his nephew Ludovico Ludovisi in 1622. |
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A second son ("nephew"), Niccolò, was made reigning Prince of Piombino and Lord of the Isola d'Elba in 1634, having married the heiress, 30 March 1632. Through well-arranged political marriages for Niccolò's offspring, further titles were allied to the Ludovisi clan. |
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Gregory XV died in the Quirinal Palace on July 8, 1623. |
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