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229th Roman Pontiff
Gregory XIV
GREGORIVS Quartus Decimus
Niccolò Sfondrati
229th Successor of St Peter · 1590–1591 · Italy · b. Somma Lombardo, Duchy of Milan
1590
Elected
1591
Reign ended
1 year
Length
16th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Duchy of Milan. Modified the constitution Effraenatam of Sixtus V so that the penalty for abortion did not apply until the foetus became animated. Made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication through the bull Cogit nos (1591) to maintain the sanctity and seriousness of the election process.
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