Gregory XVI., born at Belluno; occupied the Papal chair at a time of great civil commotion, and had much to do to stem the revolutionary movements of the time; developed ultramontanist notions, and paved the way for the hierarchical policy of his successor Pio Nono.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Gregory XIII. * Gregory Nazianzen, St.