Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi

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Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi, later Pope Gregory XV, was a 17th-century Italian prelate known for his brief papacy and support of the arts and the Counter-Reformation.

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Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi canonical 2

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instanceOf 17th-century Roman Catholic pope
Catholic cardinal
Counter-Reformation figure
Italian person
human
pope
alsoKnownAs Gregorio XV
linked to: Pope Gregory XV

Pope Gregory XV
appointedCardinalBy Pope Paul V
birthDate 1554-01-09
birthPlace Bologna
Papal States
burialPlace Sant’Ignazio, Rome
cardinalateStartDate 1616-09-19
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
deathDate 1623-07-08
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
educatedAt Collegio Romano
University of Bologna
electedPopeInConclave 1621 papal conclave
family Ludovisi family
fieldOfStudy canon law
civil law
hasRelative Ludovico Ludovisi
Orazio Ludovisi
heldPosition Archbishop of Bologna
Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
Pope
issuedDocument Aeterni Patris (1621)
Inscrutabili divinae (1621)
Omnipotentis Dei (1623)
knownFor brief papacy
promotion of the Counter-Reformation
support of the arts
memberOf College of Cardinals
motto In hoc signo vinces
name Alessandro Ludovisi
notableAction centralized the papal conclave procedures
promulgated the bull Aeterni Patris regulating papal elections
occupation Catholic priest
canon lawyer
diplomat
papacyEndDate 1623-07-08
papacyStartDate 1621-02-09
papalName Gregory XV
linked to: Pope Gregory XV
patronOf Baroque art
predecessor Pope Paul V
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
successor Pope Urban VIII
supported Catholic missions
Society of Jesus
supportedMovement Counter-Reformation

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Domenichino patron Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri notablePatron Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi