Portrait by Clemente Alberi, c. 1830 (oil on canvas, 100 x 75 cm, Pinacoteca Civica di Forlì)
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
31 March 1829
Papacy ended
30 November 1830
Predecessor
Leo XII
Successor
Gregory XVI
Orders
Ordination
17 December 1785 by Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj
Consecration
17 August 1800 by Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj
Created cardinal
8 March 1816 by Pius VII
Personal details
Born
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni
(1761-11-20)20 November 1761
Cingoli, Marche, Papal States
Died
30 November 1830(1830-11-30) (aged 69) Quirinal Palace, Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Montalto delle Marche (1800–1816)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina (1816–1821)
Bishop of Cesena (1816–1821)
Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (1821–1829)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1821–1829)
Prefect of the Congregation of the Index (1821–1829)
Signature
Coat of arms
Other popes named Pius
Pope Pius VIII (Italian: Pio VIII; born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni; 20 November 1761 – 30 November 1830) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 31 March 1829 to his death in November 1830.
Pius VIII's pontificate was the shortest of the 19th century, and is likely the least remembered. His brief papacy witnessed the Catholic Emancipation in the United Kingdom in 1829, which he welcomed, and the July Revolution in France in 1830, which he reluctantly accepted.[1] Pius VIII is often remembered for his writings on marriages between Catholics and Protestants: in the 1830 brief Litteris altero abhinc, he declared that a marriage could only be properly blessed if proper provisions had been made to ensure the bringing up of children in the Catholic faith. His death, less than two years after his election to the papacy, has led to speculation of a possible murder.
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3) rescinded in 1960 Pope Hyginus (Saint) (c. 138 – c. 142), martyrdom PopePius I (Saint) (c. 142 – c. 154), martyred by the sword according to old sources...
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Francesco Castiglioni, who took the name PiusVIII. It took a long time for the conclave to elect a new pope due to conflict between secular governments...
Pope Clement VIII (Latin: Clemens VIII; Italian: Clemente VIII; 24 February 1536 – 3 March 1605), born Ippolito Aldobrandini, was head of the Catholic...
PopePiusVIII (r. 1829–1830) created six new cardinals in three consistories. Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga, bishop of Ancona – cardinal-priest of S...
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and another titular church. In 1460, PopePius rebuked Cardinal Borgia for attending a private party which Pius had heard turned into an orgy. Borgia...
Bernard was canonized just 21 years after his death by Pope Alexander III. In 1830 PopePiusVIII declared him a Doctor of the Church. Bernard's parents...
canonize any saints. PopePius VII canonized five saints. Pope Leo XII canonized two saints. PopePiusVIII did not canonize any saints. Pope Gregory XVI canonized...
Pope Stephen VIII (Latin: Stephanus VIII; died October 942) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 14 July 939 to his death...
in northwestern New York. February 2, 1831 – Pope Gregory XVI succeeds PopePiusVIII as the 254th pope. August 7, 1831 – American Baptist minister William...
road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of PopePiusVIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy")...
Siege of Saragossa (1819) Pope Julius II ordering Bramante and Michelangelo to design St Peter's Basilica (1827) PopePiusVIII brought to the Basilica...
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