# Pope Gregory XIV - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-xiv
Pontificate: 5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591
Number in the papal list: 229
Born-Died: 1535 - 1591-10-15
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIV

Subject of the Duchy of Milan. Modified the constitution Effraenatam of Sixtus V so that the penalty for abortion did not apply until the foetus became animated.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Urban VII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-urban-vii)
- Next in list: [Pope Innocent IX](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-ix)