Pope Sixtus V
Pope who recalled the Vulgate correction work with ardent zeal and ordered the completed work printed. Finding errors, he judged the whole work should be recalled, but died before completing the revision.
Preliminaries
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PREFACE TO THE READER (1)
— Called by divine Providence to supreme Pontificate; recalled the Vulgate correction work with ardent zeal; ordered the completed work printed; finding errors, judged the whole work should be recalled; died before completing the revision
"Sixtus V, called by divine Providence to the supreme Pontificate, recalled with most ardent zeal, and at length ordered the completed work to be committed to the press."
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PREFACE TO THE READER (1)
— The work he aimed at was perfected under Clement VIII
"the work at which Sixtus V had aimed was, with God's good help, perfected."