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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 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. 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]
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