RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Leo XII

1760 - 1829

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Pope Leo XII (Italian: Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga; 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. Leo XII was in ill health from the time of his election to the papacy to his death less than six 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Leo XII is the 58th most popular religious figure (up from 151st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Italy (up from 171st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Leo XII is most famous for his encyclical Quod Apostolici Muneris, in which he condemned socialism and communism.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Leo XII ranks 58 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Leo XI, Pope Pius VII, Saint Barbara, and Pope Leo X. After him are John the Apostle, Matthias the Apostle, James, brother of Jesus, Saint Stephen, Elizabeth, and Samson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Pope Leo XII ranks 2. Before him is Hokusai. After him are Henri de Saint-Simon, Luigi Cherubini, Jiaqing Emperor, François-Noël Babeuf, Akbar II, Camille Desmoulins, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Johan Gadolin, and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. Among people deceased in 1829, Pope Leo XII ranks 1. After him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Niels Henrik Abel, John Jay, Friedrich Schlegel, Humphry Davy, Thomas Young, Maria Anna Mozart, Paul Barras, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Mauro Giuliani.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Leo XII ranks 69 out of 5,161. Before him are Niccolò Paganini (1782), Pope Leo XI (1535), Pope Pius VII (1742), Evangelista Torricelli (1608), Pope Leo X (1475), and Silvio Berlusconi (1936). After him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), Saint Lucy (283), and Lucretius (-94).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Leo XII ranks 20. Before him are Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Pope Julius II (1443), Pope Gregory XIII (1502), Pope Leo XI (1535), Pope Pius VII (1742), and Pope Leo X (1475). After him are Saint Lucy (283), Pope Pius VIII (1761), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Pius VI (1717), Pope Innocent III (1160), and Pope Pius III (1439).

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