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Which pope gave the Pope Marcellus Mass its name?
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
The Pope Marcellus Mass was not named by a pope, but rather by the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina himself to honor his second papal employer, Marcellus II.1
Although Marcellus II served as pope for less than a month in 1555, Palestrina dedicated the work to his memory, completing the composition around 1561 and publishing it in 1567.1