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| | POPE SIXTUS V FACTS AND INFORMATION |
 | | During the pontificate of Gregory XIII the Cardinal Montalto, as he was generally called, lived in retirement, occupied with the care of his villa erected by Domenico_Fontana on the Esquiline_Hill, overlooking the Baths_of_Diocletian. |
 | | The Cardinal Montalto's other concern was with his studies, one of the fruits of which was an edition of the works of Ambrose; not neglecting, however, to follow the course of affairs, but carefully avoiding every occasion of offence. |
 | | This discreetness contributed not a little to his election to the papacy on April_24, 1585; but the story of his having feigned decrepitude in the conclave, in order to win votes, is a pure invention. |
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