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Also Known As Gian Pietro Carafa
Born June 28, 1476 • Italy
Died August 18, 1559 (aged 83) • Rome • Italy
Title / Office pope (1555-1559)
Founder Theatines
Subjects Of Study papal primacy
Role In Counter-Reformation

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Gregory IX
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Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
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Innocent III
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Paul III
Paul III
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Martin V
Martin V
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Nicholas I, Saint
Saint Nicholas I
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Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain, shown in ornate armor with one hand resting on a helmet, painted in the manner of Sir Anthony More against a dark background.
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Azaña, Manuel
Manuel Azaña
president of Spain
Ambrogio Spinola
Ambrogio di Filippo Spinola, marquis de los Balbases
Spanish military officer
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Isabella Farnese
queen of Spain
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French abbot
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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Spanish cardinal
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Alonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar
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Italian chaplain and historian of the Spanish court
Woodcut print of Pope St. Gelasius I wearing a papal tiara and holding a cross staff, with a halo behind his head and the name Gelasius written above.
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Gregory VII excommunicating Henry IV
St. Gregory VII
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St. Gregory the Great
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