Pope Gregory has been the name of sixteen Roman Catholic Popes and two Antipopes:
- Pope Gregory I, also called Gregory the Great
- Pope Gregory II
- Pope Gregory III
- Pope Gregory IV
- Pope Gregory V
- Pope Gregory VI
- Antipope Gregory VI
- Pope Gregory VII, Hildebrand
- Pope Gregory VIII
- Antipope Gregory VIII
- Pope Gregory IX
- Pope Gregory X
- Pope Gregory XI
- Pope Gregory XII
- Pope Gregory XIII, responsible for the Gregorian calendar
- Pope Gregory XIV
- Pope Gregory XV
- Pope Gregory XVI
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“From pride, from pride, our very reasning springs;
Account for moral, as for natral things:
Why charge we Heavn in those, in these acquit?
In both, to reason right is to submit.”
—Alexander Pope (16881744)
“It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.”
—Pope Gregory VII (c. 10201085)