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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 08, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 07, 2024
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Jan 30, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 12, 2023
	Invalidated site: Defending The Faith - Christ's Faithful People - Biography of Gregory XIV.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jan 02, 2018
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 17, 2007
	Added sentence on nepotism and lawlessness.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 16, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory XIV.	Gita Liesangthem	Nov 03, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998