Gregory XIV (1590-1) Sending Papal Army to France

Gregory XIV (1590-1) Sending Papal Army to France Photo

Pope Gregory XIV seated in throne and assisted by cardinals (nephew Paolo Emilio Sfondrati?) delivering a banner to a kneeling individual. In 1591 Gregory XIV, threatened by the still Protestant Henry of Navarre (Henry IV of France), renewed Sixtus V's excommunication of Henry IV and dispatched a papal army to France. A restrike from original dies.

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Gregory XIV
Unstated
Ch.AU
R.Z. 153
1591
Papal States
Bronze
32.5mm
19.5g
Niccolo De Bonis
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