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Ludwig von Pastor

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German historian and Austrian diplomat (1854-1928)

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Ludwig Pastor, ennobled as Ludwig von Pastor, Freiherr von Campersfelden, was a German historian and diplomat for Austria. He became one of the most important Catholic historians of his time and is most notable for his History of the Popes.

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Knight of Pius IX
Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester
Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

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Ludwig Pastor, ennobled as Ludwig von Pastor, Freiherr von Campersfelden, was a German historian and diplomat for Austria. He became one of the most important Catholic historians of his time and is most notable for his History of the Popes. He was raised to the nobility by the Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1908 and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.

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Germany
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1854 to 1928 · aged 74
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18 languages

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