Pope Gregory XIV

Papal styles of
**Pope Gregory XIV**
Papal styles of; Pope Gregory XIV
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope

Gregory XIV
Pope; Gregory XIV
Bishop of Rome
	Portrait by Philip Galle, c. 1591
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	5 December 1590
Papacy ended	16 October 1591
Predecessor	Urban VII
Successor	Innocent IX
Orders
Consecration	19 May 1560 (Bishop); by Melchiorre Crivelli, O.P.
Created cardinal	12 December 1583; by Gregory XIII
Personal details
Born	Niccolò Sfondrato; 11 February 1535; Somma Lombardo, Duchy of Milan
Died	16 October 1591 (aged 56); Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)	Abbot of Civate (1551–1560); Bishop of Cremona (1560–1590); Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere (1585–1590);
Coat of arms
	Other popes named Gregory

Pope Gregory XIV (Latin: Gregorius XIV; Italian: Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato^[1] or Sfondrati,^[2] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death, in October 1591.

^ "Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1880). "Gregory XIV." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
^ Leijenhorst, Cees (1998). "Francesco Patrizi's Hermetic Philosophy". Van den Broek, Roel; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (eds.). Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times. State University of New York Press. p. 125.

[1] "Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1880). "Gregory XIV." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

[2] Leijenhorst, Cees (1998). "Francesco Patrizi's Hermetic Philosophy". Van den Broek, Roel; Hanegraaff, Wouter J. (eds.). Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times. State University of New York Press. p. 125.

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