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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 inquisitions ...
- 19 March 1227
- December 1198, by Innocent III
- 22 August 1241
- Celestine IV
A later pope, Pope Gregory IX established the Inquisition, in 1233, to combat the heresy of the Abilgenses, a religious sect in France. By 1255, the Inquisition was in full gear throughout Central and Western Europe; although it was never instituted in England or Scandinavia.
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 ...
- James M. Powell
Out of this grew the Inquisition, established by Pope Gregory IX in 1233 to be staffed by Dominicans. The Cathars then were as dangerous as terrorists today, and brought fear, cruelty, bloodshed and war wherever they had sufficient numbers. In southern France it took the full armed power of the King of France to overcome them.
Rome, Italy. Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti, was pope from March 19, 1227 to August 22, 1241. A nephew of Pope Innocent III, he was educated at the University of Paris and came to prominence under Honorius III. A man of unquestioned personal piety, he was a supporter of the new monastic orders led by Saint Francis and Saint Dominic.
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Pope Gregory IX. Gregory IX (Ugolino, Count of Segni ), POPE; b. about 1145, at Anagni in the Campagna; d. August 22, 1241, at Rome. He received his education at the Universities of Paris and Bologna. After the accession of Innocent III to the papal throne, Ugolino, who was a nephew of Innocent III, was successively appointed papal chaplain ...
For the full article, see Gregory IX . Gregory IX, orig. Ugo di Segni, (born before 1170—died Aug. 22, 1241, Rome), Pope (1227–41) who founded the papal Inquisition. In 1227 he excommunicated Frederick II when the emperor delayed in keeping his pledge to lead a Crusade. Gregory ordered an attack on the kingdom of Sicily in the emperor’s ...
