Pope Blessed Gregory X
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- Also known as
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Teobaldo Visconti
Theobald Visconti
- Memorial
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9 January
formerly 10 January
- Profile
- Archdeacon of Liege, Belgium.
Assigned the preach the last Crusade.
Accompanied the Crusaders to Palestine, and was still there when elected the 184th Pope; elected before he was ordained a priest.
Called the Council of Lyons which briefly reconciled the Orthodox and Latin Churches.
Tried to restore peace between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Tuscany and Lombardy.
Crowned Rudolf of Habsburg as emperor.
- Born
- 1210 in Piacenza, Italy as Theobald Visconti
- Papal Ascension
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elected 1 September 1271;
ordained and consecrated as pope in 1272
- Died
- 20 January 1276 at Arezzo, Italy
- Beatified
- 8 July 1713 by Pope Clement XI (cultus confirmed)
- Writings
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Protection of the Jews, 7 October 1272
- Images
- Gallery of images of Gregory [2 images]
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