GREGORY XV

(February 9, 1621 – July 8, 1623)

	Æ 46 mm Obv.: GREGORIVS•XV•PONT• MAX•A•III• •1623• Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto and cope.
	Rev.: QVINQVE \| BEATIS•COELESTES•HONORES in exergue: • DECERNIT • \| • 1622 • The Pope, seated on his throne, meeting in Consistory with Cardinals, proclaiming the Canonization of four saints, March 12, 1622: St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Philip Neri, and St. Francis Xavier; and on March 22 St Isidore the Farmer. Mazio 181 Spink 926.

	Æ 46 mm Obv.: GREGORIVS•XV•PONT• MAX•A•III• •1623• Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto and cope.
	Rev.: PACIS • ET • RELIGIONIS • AMOR "The Love of Peace and Religion" Religion seated at left, with a Cross in her left hand and a Papal Tiara on her right knee. Peace, at right, with an olive branch in her right hand, symbols of prosperity at her left. Mazio 180 Spink 927-929.

According to Mazio, the medal alludes to the efforts of Pope Gregory XV to mediate in the crisis over the Valtelline between France and Spain. See Alexis Francois Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes romains Volume V (Paris 1851) p. 251

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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