Question

A Solemn Mass can be celebrated for this man in October, according to Pope Leo XII’s encyclical Quarto abeunte saeculo (“KWAHR-toe ahb-EH-oon-tay SEHK-oo-loe”). A book that this man likely wrote with Gaspar Gorricio (“GORE-ree-chee-oe”) provides evidence that his most famous actions were done to fund the reconquest of Jerusalem, according (15[1])to Carol Delaney. An organization named for this man operates DC’s Saint John Paul II National Shrine. This author of the Book of Prophecies employed the (*) converso interpreter Luis de Torres, leading to theories of his Sephardic descent. (10[1])Michael J. McGivney founded a group that pushed Eisenhower to add “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance, a Catholic organization called the “Knights” of (10[1])this man. For 10 points, name this Genoese explorer who, in 1492, sailed across the Atlantic. ■END■

ANSWER: Christopher Columbus [or Christopherus Columbus; or Cristoforo Colombo; or Cristoffa Corombo; accept Cristóbal Colón]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Religion>
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Charles HangWUSTLIllinois A4515
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