Pope Gregory XIII

Pope Julius III.

Contributed largely to it, Paul IV, in 1555, founded it for perpetuity with great munificence, afterwards Gregory XIII much augmented its buildings and revenues.

St. Ignatius, intending to make this the model of all his other colleges, neglected nothing to render it complete, and took care that it should be supplied with the ablest masters in all the sciences, and with all possible helps for the advancement of literature.

He made it a strict rule in the society, that every one should study to speak correctly the language of the country where he lives wink with a frown 6, 4, without being perfect in the vulgar tongue, no one can be qualified to preach or perform many other functions with profit.

On this account be established in the Roman college daily lessons in the Italian tongue, and he carefully studied that language, and appointed others to put him in mind of all the faults which he should commit in speaking.

St. Ignatius also directed the foundation of the German college in Rome made by Julius III, but afterwards finished by Gregory XIII.

He often met with violent persecutions, but overcame them by meekness and patience.

When the French king, Henry II, gave the society letters patent to settle in France, the Parliament of Paris made the most outrageous remonstrances, and the faculty of Sorbonne, though not without opposition, passed a virulent decree against it.

He also was gifted and lovable, but all too soon he slipped from our clinging arms and passed away from earth, leaving us very lonely, but with the happy consciousness that a dear saint awaited us in heaven, and that we who remained behind must be all the more affectionate each to each." my third boy sylla was also musical two of his motets are with my own one by one i saw these gifted youths pass from me till only my youngest born inyo remained in fifteen eighty the light of my life went out when my dear wife died i was inconsolable it did not seem possible to live without my faithful partner For so many years we had lived and labored together that it was as if part of my heart and soul went from me with my wife.

Prince Giacomo Buoncompagni, a son born to Pope Gregory XIII before he entered holy orders, made me at this time master of his concerts.

I took the added duty for—did I not have my boys to work for? three of them were still with me and i welcomed the added labor which kept me from thinking too often of the dear ones gone before in my old age i was honored and beloved for from the time of my battle for church music my fame and fortune grew i received many titles of praise and was known and admired throughout europe i was an indefatigable worker nearly a hundred masses besides motets madrigals offertories hymns litanies and magnificats flowed from my busy pen some of these i myself published dedicating them to my different patrons So, working and attending to my many duties, I lived on till my final summons came.

Then I called my sole surviving son to my bedside and spoke to him as follows.

This meant that the first day of spring was not even close to March 21.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull for the adoption of a new calendar, which is known as the Gregorian calendar.

It's the same as the Julian calendar, except there are no leap years for years ending in 00, unless the year is exactly divisible by 400.

Here's an example.