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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Oct 14, 2025
Mentioned that he was the last pope to resign until Benedict XVI in 2013. May 04, 2025
Media added. May 04, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 08, 2024
Invalidated site: Defending The Faith - Christ's Faithful People - Biography of Gregory XII. Jan 02, 2018
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Gregory XII. Apr 17, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 16, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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