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Noun: Pope Gregory XVI
  1. Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846)
    - Gregory, Gregory XVI, Bartolomeo Alberto Capillari

Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ

Encyclopedia: Pope Gregory XVI