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apostolic administrator (since 20 April 1395); Roman Catholic Bishop of Castello (1380–1390); Dean of the College of Cardinals."},{"q":"Where did Pope Gregory XII study?","a":"Pope Gregory XII was educated at University of Bologna."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Paul II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-ii"},{"name":"Pope Pius II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-ii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-vi"},{"name":"Pope Paul III","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-iii"},{"name":"Michael Dixon Bhasera","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-dixon-bhasera"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-gregory-xii-b83b95ae67.jpg","width":500,"height":878,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Justus van Gent / Pedro Berruguete","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joos_Van_Wassenhove_e_Pedro_Berruguete_%E2%80%93_San_Gregorio_%E2%80%93_Galleria_Nazionale_delle_Marche.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Gregory XII","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XII","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q227694","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227694","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Joos Van Wassenhove e Pedro Berruguete – San Gregorio – Galleria Nazionale delle Marche.jpg by Justus van Gent / Pedro Berruguete (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joos_Van_Wassenhove_e_Pedro_Berruguete_%E2%80%93_San_Gregorio_%E2%80%93_Galleria_Nazionale_delle_Marche.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Gregory XII, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Joos Van Wassenhove e Pedro Berruguete – San Gregorio – Galleria Nazionale delle Marche.jpg — Justus van Gent / Pedro Berruguete, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Gregory XII\". DigiNepal. Last updated 4 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xii. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-04T06:57:40Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xii?lang=ne"}}