Pope Gregory XIII & The Rosary

			Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) Monet Apostolus (April 1, 1573) Bull instituting the solemnity of the Feast of the Holy Rosary in memory of the victory at the battle of Lepanto. {Gregory XIII changed the name of the Feast of Our Lady of Victory instituted by St Pius V on October 7 to the Feast of “Our Lady of the Rosary” and transferred it to the first Sunday of October in 1573.} “The Rosary has been instituted by St. Dominic to appease the anger of God and to implore the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.” ¹ 1 Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical on Devotion of the Rosary, Supremi Apostolatus Officio. September 1, 1883, 5.
				Benedict XIII	Innocent XIII	Clement XI
Benedict XVI	John Paul II	John Paul I		Innocent XII	Paul V	UD Rosary
Paul VI	John XXIII	Pius XII		Gregory XII	Julius III	Adrian VI
Pius XI	Benedict XV	St. Pius X		Leo X	Innocent VIII	Sixtus IV
Leo XIII	Gregory XVI	Benedict XIV		Eugene IV	Gregory XI	Benedict XII
					Urban IV

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