• Thumbnail for Pope Pius VIII
    Pope Pius VIII (Italian: Pio VIII; born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni; 20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830) was head of the Catholic Church...
    23 KB (2,490 words) - 19:16, 19 August 2024
  • Pope Pius VIII issued one papal encyclical during his reign as Pope: XII, Pope Leo (5 May 1824). "Ubi Primum". papalencyclicals.net. List of encyclicals...
    929 bytes (54 words) - 17:45, 21 April 2024
  • recently deceased Pius IX. Giacomo della Chiesa (elected as Benedict XV in 1914) Eugenio Pacelli (elected as Pius XII in 1939). Pope Pius XI prior to his...
    41 KB (3,394 words) - 22:13, 7 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Gregory XVI
    fifty-day conclave, Cappellari was unexpectedly chosen to succeed Pope Pius VIII (1829–30). His election was influenced by the fact that the cardinal considered...
    26 KB (2,832 words) - 04:24, 22 August 2024
  • (1559–1565) Pope Pius V (1566–1572) Pope Pius VI (1775–1799) Pope Pius VII (1800–1823) Pope Pius VIII (1829–1830) Pope Pius IX (1846–1878) Pope Pius X (1903–1914)...
    1 KB (197 words) - 22:04, 8 June 2023
  • Pius VI 1825: Pope Leo XII 1829: Pope Pius VIII 1875: Pope Pius IX (without great solemnity) 1900: Pope Leo XIII 1925: Pope Pius XI 1933: Pope Pius XI...
    27 KB (3,792 words) - 22:00, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1829 papal conclave
    called Pius VIII by Pope Pius VII even before his death in 1823, and that in the 1823 conclave Leo XII had said that Castiglioni "some day was to be Pius VIII"...
    5 KB (393 words) - 17:50, 9 June 2024
  • saints. Pope Pius VI did not canonize any saints. Pope Pius VII canonized five saints. Pope Leo XII canonized two saints. Pope Pius VIII did not canonize...
    29 KB (1,188 words) - 12:06, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Pius IX
    Spínola Cardinal Giuseppe Doria Pamphili Pope Pius VIII Pope Pius IX List of encyclicals of Pope Pius IX List of popes by length of reign Italian pronunciation:...
    82 KB (9,599 words) - 22:45, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Pius VII
    six months, Chiaramonti was elected to the papacy, taking the name Pius VII. Pius at first attempted to take a cautious approach in dealing with Napoleon...
    37 KB (3,933 words) - 03:20, 4 September 2024
  • rescinded in 1960 Pope Hyginus (Saint) (c. 138 – c. 142), martyrdom Pope Pius I (Saint) (c. 142 – c. 154), martyred by the sword according to old sources...
    10 KB (964 words) - 16:55, 30 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cardinals created by Pius VIII
    Pope Pius VIII (r. 1829–1830) created six new cardinals in three consistories. Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga, bishop of Ancona – cardinal-priest of S...
    2 KB (181 words) - 03:23, 6 January 2024
  • 1821 (1821): Pius VII, Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo. 1825 (1825): Leo XII, Quo graviora. 1829 (1829): Pius VIII, Traditi humilitati. 1830 (1830): Pius VIII, Litteris...
    4 KB (272 words) - 11:57, 27 September 2023
  • encyclicals of Pope Pius VI List of encyclicals of Pope Pius VII List of encyclicals of Pope Leo XII List of encyclicals of Pope Pius VIII List of encyclicals...
    1 KB (171 words) - 13:48, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seven Archangels
    Archangels within the Roman Catholic Church: Pope Leo XII (1826–1828), Pope Pius VIII (1830) and Pope Gregory XVI (1831–1832). The Directory on popular piety...
    20 KB (1,937 words) - 08:12, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bernard of Clairvaux
    canonized just 21 years after his death by Pope Alexander III. In 1830 Pope Pius VIII declared him a Doctor of the Church. Bernard's parents were Tescelin de...
    49 KB (5,920 words) - 19:34, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Avignon Papacy
    the papacy and the French crown, culminating in the death of Pope Boniface VIII after his arrest and maltreatment by Philip IV of France. Following the subsequent...
    33 KB (4,371 words) - 13:39, 26 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1830–1831 papal conclave
    Bartolomeo Cappellari, who took the name Gregory XVI, to succeed Pius VIII as pope. Pope Pius VIII died on Thursday, November 30, 1830, at the age of sixty-nine...
    7 KB (623 words) - 19:33, 15 January 2024
  • June 1777 Pius VI created two cardinals in pectore and lived another 22 years without publishing their names. In the course of 23 years, Pius VII created...
    24 KB (2,815 words) - 04:25, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of popes by country
    Urban VIII (1623–1644) Pope Alexander VII (1655–1667) Pope Clement IX (1667–1669) Pope Clement XII (1730–1740) Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) Pope Pius V (1566–1572)...
    17 KB (1,612 words) - 04:35, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sede vacante
    the approximately half year from the death in prison of Pius VI in 1799 and the election of Pius VII in Venice in 1800. Whilst conclaves and papal elections...
    17 KB (1,835 words) - 23:28, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for St. Peter's Basilica
    John XXIII, St. Pius X, Innocent VIII, Leo XI, Innocent XI, Pius VII, Pius VIII, Alexander VII, Alexander VIII, Paul III, Urban VIII, Clement X, Clement...
    119 KB (13,860 words) - 18:24, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prophecy of the Popes
    simple allusion to Pius IV's family name. Angelus nemoroſus. Pius. V. Michael uocatus, natus in oppido Boſchi. 71. Angel of the grove Pius V (1566–72) Antonio...
    88 KB (3,200 words) - 06:08, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Leo XII
    Pope Leo XII (category Cardinals created by Pope Pius VII)
    On 9 May 1820, Pope Pius VII gave him the distinguished post of Vicar-General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome. Pope Pius VII died in 1823 after...
    29 KB (3,320 words) - 14:47, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Pius X
    Breviary by Pope Pius X St. Pius X Seminary, Philippines Pope Pius X, patron saint archive Pius X High School, Nebraska, United States Pius X High School...
    89 KB (10,117 words) - 14:08, 5 September 2024
  • Protestant translations of the Bible. Following the examples of Pius VII, Leo XII, and Pius VIII, Gregory condemns Bible societies for their distribution of...
    3 KB (237 words) - 19:39, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Pius III
    Pope Pius III (Italian: Pio III, Latin: Pius Tertius; 9 May 1439 – 18 October 1503), born Francesco Todeschini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler...
    35 KB (4,415 words) - 02:45, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cingoli
    Cingoli (category Borghi più belli d'Italia)
    from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy")....
    6 KB (418 words) - 15:22, 12 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Golden Rose
    century Pius X, Benedict XV, John XXIII, and John Paul I made no awards of the Golden Rose. Pius XI revived the practice which was continued by Pius XII....
    51 KB (3,410 words) - 01:50, 7 July 2024
  • his immediate predecessors, Pius VII, Leo XII and Pius VIII had issued their first encyclicals much sooner: Diu Satis (Pius VII) after 62 days, Ubi Primum...
    7 KB (846 words) - 06:28, 9 June 2024