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Pope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. He ruled the Papal States from June 1800 to 17 May 1809 and again from 1814 to his death.
Pius VII was an Italian pope from 1800 to 1823, whose dramatic conflicts with Napoleon led to a restoration of the church after the armies of the French Revolution had devastated the papacy under Pius VI. He became a Benedictine at Cesena in 1758 and was made cardinal and bishop of Imola, Papal.
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Aug 15, 2019 · After an hour of violent skirmishes with the Swiss guards, they arrested Pope Pius VII, spiriting him away in the night to Savona, near Genoa. He would not return to Rome for another five years....
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Pius VII. 251st Pope of the Catholic Church.
Pope Pius VII, born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti in 1742, he was the 251st leader of the Catholic Church and the seventh among that lot to take the name “Pius.” He ascended to the papacy in a tumultuous period marked by the aftermath of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Pius VII, POPE (BARNABA CHIARAMONTI), b. at Cesena in the Pontifical States, August 14, 1740; elected at Venice March 14, 1800; d. August 20, 1823. His father was Count Scipione Chiaramonti, and his mother, of the noble house of Ghini, was a lady of rare piety who in 1763 entered a convent of Carmelites at Fano.
Apr 20, 2024 · On the bicentenary of his death, Pope Francis honors Pius VII, who defended the Church against Napoleon and promoted social reforms. He invites pilgrims to follow his example of faith, testimony and dialogue in difficult times.
