Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.140.1)Sacred Art & IconographyPope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.140.1)Bronze medal, Giovanni V. Melon, Italian, active ca. 1570 to 1590, dated 1579, Metropolitan Museum of Art 12.140.1Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.140.1)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/gregoryxiii-met-12-140-1.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.140.1). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/gregoryxiii-met-12-140-1Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-pope-gregory-xiii-promulger-of-the-grego, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.140.1)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/gregoryxiii-met-12-140-1}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA bronze medal titled "Pope Gregory XIII (Ugo Buoncompagni, 1502 to 1585, pope 1572), Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar," cast by the Italian medalist Giovanni V. Melon and dated 1579. The medal commemorates the calendar reform of 1582, and its own inscription names the pope outright. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 12.140.1.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar, accession 12.140.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsGregory XIII, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this medal names the subject outright, giving Gregory XIII's birth name, dates and the year he was elected pope, and commemorates his 1582 calendar reform.Source Pope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar, accession 12.140.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesPope Gregory XIII, Promulger of the Gregorian Calendar, accession 12.140.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 12.140.1View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year