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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci |
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1810 |
| Location |
Carpineto Romano, Italy |
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| Position |
Pope (1878-1903) |
| Died |
July 20, 1903 (aged 93) |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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Born in Carpineto Romano, near Rome, to Count Lodovico Pecci and his wife Anna Prosperi Buzi. He received his doctorate in theology in 1836 and doctorates of civil and Canon Law in Rome also. While in the minor orders, he was appointed domestic prelate to Pope Gregory XVI in January 1837. |
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He was ordained priest on 31 December 1837 by the Vicar of Rome, became titular archbishop of Damietta in 1843, and apostolic nuncio to Belgium on 28 January 1843. |
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Pecci was named papal assistant in 1843. He was also Archbishop of Perugia from 1846 till 1877. In 1853, Count Vincenzo Luigi Pecci was appointed Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono. |
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In August 1877, on the death of Cardinal De Angelis, Pope Pius IX appointed him camerlengo, so that he was obliged to reside in Rome. |
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Pope Pius died 7 February 1878, and during his closing years the free press had often insinuated that the Italian Government should take a hand in the conclave and occupy the Vatican. However the Russo-Turkish War and the sudden death of Victor Emmanuel II (9 January 1878) distracted the attention of the government, the conclave proceeded as usual, and after the three scrutinies Cardinal Pecci was elected by forty-four votes out of sixty-one. |
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On being elected Pope, Pope Leo XIII continued to tradition of nepotism by appointing his brother Guiseppe Pecci S.J. as Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Agata dei Goti. |
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Under Bismarck, the anti-Catholic kulturkampf in Germany led to massive reprisals against the Church. Leo arranged with the Jesuits to form the creation of the Centre Party in Germany as a force in opposition. This model was followed in other nations with the formation of pro-Catholic political parties. |
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The 1896 bull Apostolicae Curae declared the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops in Anglican churches (including the Church of England) invalid, while granting recognition to ordinations in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches although they were considered illicit. |
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His 1899 apostolic letter Testem Benevolentiae condemned the heresy called Americanism. |
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Pope Leo XIII died on July 20, 1903 and was succeeded by Pope Pius X. |
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