Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Pope Gregory XVI Gregory XVI, Pope,
(Mauro, or Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari), b. at Belluno, then
in the Venetian territory, 8 September, 1765; d. at Rome, 9
June, 1846. His father, Giovanni Battista, and his mother,
Giulia Cesa-Pagani, were both of the minor nobility of the
district and the families of both had in former times been
prominent in the service of the state. When eighteen, Bartolomeo
gave evidence of a religious vocation, and after some opposition
on the part of his relations, was clothed in 1783 as a novice in
the Camaldolese monastery of San Michele di Murano, taking the
name Mauro. Here, three years later, he was solemnly professed,
and was ordained priest in 1787. The young monk soon showed
signs of unusual intellectual gifts. He devoted himself to the
study of philosophy and theology, and was set to teach these to
the juniors at San Michele. In 1790 he was appointed censor
librorum for his order, as well as for the Holy Office at
Venice. Five years later he was