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Showing posts with label Pope. Show all posts

20 July 2025

Pope Leo XIII

Why the papal name Leo has been inspirational A photograph of Pope Leo XIII taken at the time of his election Pope Leo XIII, who was the fou...

17 January 2018

Pope Gregory XI returns the papacy to Rome

Important date in Roman and papal history Pope Gregory XI was the last French pope and the last to rule from Avignon The French P...

17 August 2017

Pope Benedict XIV

Erudite, gentle, honest man was chosen as a compromise Pope Benedict XIV succeeded Clement XII as a compromise candidate after a si...

22 August 2016

Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi – bishop

Progressive priest who shaped the destiny of a future Pope Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, the Bishop of Bergamo Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, ...

14 August 2016

Pope Pius VII

Compromise candidate elected by conclave-in-exile in Venice Pope Pius VII, a portrait by Jacques-Louis David, which can be seen in the ...

1 August 2016

Cosimo de' Medici

Banker who founded the Medici dynasty This portrait of Cosimo by Jacopo da Contormo can be viewed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence ...

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