Dear Michael,
I am most grateful to you for pointing out
an error in my message. I referred to:
> ... your hero Pope Gregory III
and you correctly commented:
> I doubt that he called himself Gregory...
Quite so, BUT you missed a MUCH more serious
error. He was neither Gregory III nor
Gregorius III. I omitted the X from XIII.
Many apologies for that.
> His name was Gregorius.
Hmmm. This needs qualifying...
His tomb carries the inscription:
GREGORIO XIII PONT.MAX.
This expands to:
GREGORIO XIII PONTIFEX MAXIMUS
I have to admit to anglicizing names for
this list and would write 'Rome' rather
than 'Roma' despite the latter being the
correct Latin and Italian.
Accordingly, your hero is Pope Gregory XIII
to me, at least when I remember to key in
the X :-)
Very best wishes
Frank
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