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  1. Gregory IX (born before 1170—died Aug. 22, 1241, Rome) was one of the most vigorous of the 13th-century popes (reigned 1227–41), a canon lawyer, theologian, defender of papal prerogatives, and founder of the papal Inquisition. Gregory promulgated the Decretals in 1234, a code of canon law that remained the fundamental source of ...

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  2. The Decretals of Gregory IX ( Latin: Decretales Gregorii IX ), also collectively called the Liber extra, are a source of medieval Catholic canon law. In 1230, Pope Gregory IX ordered his chaplain and confessor, Raymond of Penyafort, a Dominican, to form a new canonical collection destined to replace the Decretum Gratiani, which was the chief ...

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  4. Pope Gregory IX. Pope Gregory IX ( Latin: Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) [1] was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241. He is known for issuing the Decretales and instituting the Papal Inquisition, in response to the failures of the episcopal ...

  5. GREGORY IX, DECRETALS OF. The first authentic general collection of papal decretals and constitutions, promulgated by Pope Gregory IX in 1234. When Gregory became pope in 1227 the chief collection of the legal tradition of the church was still the Decretum of gratian, then almost 90 years old. Although in the interval the activities of the ...

  6. Nov 21, 2023 · In 1222 he joined the Dominican Order, and shortly thereafter (1229) was called to Rome to serve as the Grand Penitentiary (the chief canonist) by Pope Gregory IX (1145-1241, in office 1227-1241). At the request of the pope, Raymond began compilation of canon law from Gratian to the current pontificate. He drew on the structure of Quinque ...

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