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Pope Gregory XVI once rejected streetlights as the devil’s work and centuries of papal, noble or politically corrupt misrule kept the city in the dark.

He has told of the cordial and paternal treatment with which he was honored by Gregory XVI. in particular.

Pope Gregory XVI. was for some years abbot of this convent, to which he was afterwards a generous benefactor;—regretting always, like his great predecessor, the peace of his monastic life.

His predecessor, Gregory XVI., had been very conservative.

About the time that Pope Gregory XVI. condemned the errors of Hermes, a certain ecclesiastic, Anthony G�nther, was already creating a reputation because of his philosophical and theological novelties.