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When was Pope Gregory XIII born?

  • 7 January 1502

  • 10 April 1585

  • 13 May 1572

  • 25 December 1500

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Pope Gregory XIII, born on January 7, 1502, is renowned for his significant contribution to the Gregorian calendar, which remains the widely used calendar in most parts of the world today. His reforms aimed to rectify inaccuracies in the Julian calendar, ensuring greater precision in timekeeping and aligning the calendar more closely with the Earth's orbit around the sun.
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