RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Leo XIII

1810 - 1903

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Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Apostle, Pius IX (his predecessor), and John Paul II. Born in Carpineto Romano, near Rome, Leo XIII is well known for his intellectualism and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. In his 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum, Pope Leo outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions, while affirming the rights to property and free enterprise, opposing both atheistic socialism and laissez-faire capitalism. With that encyclical, he became popularly called the "Social Pope" and the "Pope of the Workers", also having created the foundations for modern thinking in the social doctrines of the Catholic Church, influencing his successors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Leo XIII is the 21st most popular religious figure (up from 53rd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Italy (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Leo XIII is most famous for his 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum, which was the first papal document to address the plight of the working class.

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Among religious figures, Pope Leo XIII ranks 21 out of 3,187. Before him are Solomon, Ali, Andrew the Apostle, Abu Bakr, John the Baptist, and Tutankhamun. After him are Aaron, Jacob, Matthew the Apostle, Saint Nicholas, Pope Paul VI, and Pope John XXIII.

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Among people born in 1810, Pope Leo XIII ranks 2. Before him is Frédéric Chopin. After him are Robert Schumann, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Éliphas Lévi, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Theodor Schwann, Howard Staunton, Alfred de Musset, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1903, Pope Leo XIII ranks 1. After him are Paul Gauguin, Theodor Mommsen, Herbert Spencer, Camille Pissarro, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Alois Hitler, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Alexander I of Serbia, and Hugo Wolf.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Leo XIII ranks 19 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope John Paul I (1912), Commodus (161), Fibonacci (1170), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Thomas Aquinas (1225), and Giordano Bruno (1548). After him are Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Virgil (-70), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), and Francis of Assisi (1182).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Leo XIII ranks 2. Before him are Pope John Paul I (1912). After him are Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope Pius XI (1857), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), and Pope Urban VII (1521).

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