24 February 1794 by Henry Benedict Stuart, Duke of York
Created cardinal
8 March 1816 by Pius VII
Personal details
Born
Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga
(1760-08-02)2 August 1760
Genga, Papal States
Died
10 February 1829(1829-02-10) (aged 68) Rome, Papal States
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Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1794–1816)
Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1794–1804)
Archbishop of Senigallia (1816)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1816–1823)
Prefect of the Roman Curia (1820–1823)
Prefect of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity (1820–1823)
Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (1821–1823)
Vicar-General of Rome (1821–1823)
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Other popes named Leo
Pope Leo XII (Italian: Leone XII), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga[a] (pronunciationⓘ; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.[1]
Leo XII was in ill health from the time of his election to the papacy to his death less than 6 years later, though he was noted for enduring pain well. He was a deeply conservative ruler, who enforced many controversial laws, including one forbidding Jews to own property. Though he raised taxes, the Papal States remained financially poor.
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^For the correct biographical information, date and place of birth and surname, see Ph. Boutry, Souverain et Pontife. Recherche prosographiques sur la Curie romaine à l'age de la Restauration (1814–1846), Roma, Ecole francaise, 2002. pp. 359–361.
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in the deposition of Pope John XII by the Holy Roman emperor, Otto I, and the subsequent election of Otto's candidate, PopeLeo VIII. The Roman people...
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to war (Lucius II), to a beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder...
granting her the title of Servant of God. Lambertini was beatified by PopeLeoXII in 1826. ""Blessed Lambertini", Society of Blessed Imelda Lambertini"...
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physicist Vito Volterra (Ancona); footballer Roberto Mancini (Jesi); PopeLeoXII (Genga); Pope Pius IX (Senigallia); and actress Virna Lisi (Iesi). Regions and...
February to 31 March 1829 to elect a successor to the recently deceased LeoXII resulted in the accession of Cardinal Francesco Castiglioni, who took the...
Pontifical right to wear a crown by Pope John Paul II on 7 April 1983. The pontifical decree issued by Pope Pius XII towards the image of Virgen de los...
number of popes have made Marian themes a key part of their papacy, e.g. Leo XIII issued a record eleven encyclicals on the rosary, Pius XII invoked the...
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outbreak of the Western Schism) and Pope Gregory XII. The first two were deposed by the Council itself, and Gregory XII abdicated after formally convoking...
Oblatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis), and received papal approval from PopeLeoXII on 1 September 1826, about four years before Lanteri's death. Since the...
8:2–6. Three Popes rejected to authorize veneration of the purported names of the Seven Archangels within the Roman Catholic Church: PopeLeoXII (1826–1828)...
saved". Pope Gregory XVI later quoted his predecessor in his 1832 encyclical Summo jugiter studio ("on mixed religious marriages"). PopeLeoXII, (Ubi Primum...
to God or God's service.) The congregation was given recognition by PopeLeoXII on February 17, 1826. As of January 2020[update], the congregation was...
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