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What is Pope Gregory XIII best known for?

   Gregorian chant
   Replacing the calendar
   Confiscation Of Land
   Diplomacy With Spain

Your answer was: Replacing the calendar.
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Answer: Pope Gregory XIII is probably best known for the Gregorian calendar which corrected issues with the Julian calendar.

See:
 • James C. Hamilton, 400th Anniversary of the Gregorian Calendar, 1982: A First Day Cover Survey Vatican Notes, Volume 67, Issue 380, 2019 Page 36-43
 • Anonymous, Calendar Reform Vatican Notes, Volume 31 Issue 4 1983 Page 1 & 8



400th Anniversary Of The Gregorian Calendar
Scott # 715-717, 717a (1982)