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Pope Pius IX

1792 - 1878

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Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in history; if including unverified reigns, his reign was second to that of Peter the Apostle. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican Council in 1868 and for permanently losing control of the Papal States in 1870 to the Kingdom of Italy. Thereafter, he refused to leave Vatican City, declaring himself a "prisoner in the Vatican". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pius IX is the 32nd most popular religious figure (up from 48th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Italy (up from 48th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius IX is most famous for his 1854 declaration of the Immaculate Conception, which declared that Mary was conceived without sin.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius IX ranks 32 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Paul VI, Pope John XXIII, Saint Anne, Francis of Assisi, Pope Pius XII, and Saint George. After him are James, son of Zebedee, Pope Pius XI, Isaac, Pope Pius X, Pope Clement I, and Pope Benedict XV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, Pope Pius IX ranks 1. After him are Gioachino Rossini, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, John Herschel, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William II of the Netherlands, Karl Ernst von Baer, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Johann Peter Eckermann. Among people deceased in 1878, Pope Pius IX ranks 1. After him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, and Ernst Heinrich Weber.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius IX ranks 29 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), Pope Pius XII (1876), Pompey (-106), and Caravaggio (1571). After him are Marcus Aurelius (121), Sandro Botticelli (1445), Nero (37), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Ovid (-43), and Pope Pius XI (1857).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius IX ranks 7. Before him are Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), and Pope Pius XII (1876). After him are Pope Pius XI (1857), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Benedict XV (1854), Pope Urban VII (1521), and Pope Clement VII (1478).

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