Gregory IX

noun

1. Ugolino di SegniorUgolino of Anagni, c1143–1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1227–41.

Gregory IX

noun

1. Gregory IX?11481241MItalianRELIGION: pope original name Ugolino of Segni . ?1148–1241, pope (1227–41). He excommunicated and waged war against Emperor Frederick II

Example Sentences

She points to Pope Gregory IX’s linkage of cats with satanism and witchcraft, which led medieval Europe to murder the animals en masse, eventually leading to the proliferation of rats and mice carrying the bubonic plague.

From Los Angeles Times

“Identify the subatomic particle of the baryon family, believed to be composed of two up quarks and one down quark, which has a mass of 1.672x10-24 grams and a positive electric charge of 1.602x10-19 coulombs” or “What was the name given to the ecclesiastical court established by the Roman Catholic Church, beginning with Pope Gregory IX in 1231, whose jurisdiction was the prosecution of heresy?”

From New York Times

The backing of Francis no doubt bolstered her in her resolve to insist on this equality when face to face with Pope Gregory IX, who formally acknowledged her rule in 1219.

From Washington Post

There are chapters on the three main Inquisitions, from Pope Gregory IX's appointment of "inquisitors of heretical depravity" in 1231, to Ferdinand and Isabella's appointment of Tomás de Torquemada as grand inquisitor in 15th-century Spain, and the Roman Inquisition, established in 1542.

From The Guardian

Gregory IX. appealed to King Jayme of Aragon, while a complaint from the consuls of Narbonne to those of Nimes looks as though they were endeavoring to effect a confederation of the cities against the Inquisition, of whose arbitrary and illegal methods of procedure they give abundant details.

From Project Gutenberg