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Engraved portrait of John XVI, also known as Giovanni Filagato, shown wearing papal robes and a tall papal tiara, with Latin text below the image.

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Saint Gregory I or Gregory the Great (c. 540-604), pope from 590 to 604. Undated copperplate engraving by Adrian Collaert (c.1520-67).

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