Pope Leo XII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829 · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1760 to 1829 · aged 68
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Something wrong?Head of the Catholic Church from 1823 to 1829, he governed through constant illness and enforced deeply conservative laws - including a prohibition on Jewish property ownership - while the Papal States slid toward financial ruin.
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Charles Picqué - Portrait de Léon XII (1828)
Anneau Cardinalice aux armes de Léon XII
Firenze, palazzo arcivescovile, cortile, lapide ferdinando minucci e leone XII, 1828, con stemma ughi
Firenze, palazzo arcivescovile, cortile, lapide ferdinando minucci e leone XII
Grand Gala Berlin
Jubilee 1825 San Giovanni in Laterano 2006-09-07
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Léon XII (l1760-829), pape (1823-1829), 1823, ND344 (1 of 2)About this person
Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga was born on 2 August 1760. He was elected pope on 28 September 1823, taking the name Leo XII, and became both spiritual leader of the Catholic Church and temporal ruler of the Papal States. From the day of his election, he was in ill health - a condition that persisted through the rest of his reign - though he was noted for bearing pain well. His rule was marked by strict conservatism: he enacted controversial measures, including a law forbidding Jews to own property, and raised taxes in an attempt to shore up finances. The Papal States remained poor nonetheless. He died on 10 February 1829, less than six years into his papacy.
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