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Pope Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)

  • Fame69.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Italy rank#244
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame69.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Italy rank#244
  • Religious Figures rank#23
  • Wikipedia109.8K
Lived 1810–1903, aged 93Italy
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    93 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Italy
    #244
    Religious Figures
  • Era
    1810–1903
    Aged 93
  • Known for
    Pope Leo XIII Being Se…
    1898
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

He steered the Catholic Church through modern industrial upheaval with a pen instead of territory, writing 86 encyclicals in 25 years — most famously the 1891 letter that claimed workers' rights as a Catholic concern and earned him the nickname "Pope of the Workers."

Biography

About

Born Gioacchino Pecci in Carpineto Romano in 1810, he rose through church ranks as an intellectual more than a diplomat. Elected pope in 1878, he inherited a Church stripped of the Papal States and facing a world of socialism, capitalism, and industrial misery. His response was Rerum novarum in 1891: a third way that defended unions and fair wages while rejecting both atheistic socialism and laissez-faire extremes, reshaping Catholic social doctrine for a century of successors. He also revived Thomism as the Church's philosophical spine, sponsored the Editio Leonina, and issued eleven encyclic…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII
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Pope Leo XIII, from the encyclical w: Quamquam pluries (1889)
Pope Leo XIII
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Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory.
— Prayer to Saint Michael (1888)
Pope Leo XIII
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The best parent and guardian of liberty amongst men is truth.
— Encyclical: Immortale Dei (1885)
Pope Leo XIII
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The masonic sect produces fruits that are pernicious and of the bitterest savour.
— §10
Pope Leo XIII
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The sect of the Freemasons shows itself insolent and proud of its success, and seems as if it would put no bounds to its pertinacity.
— §37
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69.9
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Historical28.0
Now attention8.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#244
Category rank
#23
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