RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pius VIII

1761 - 1830

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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 accepted with reluctance. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pius VIII is the 66th most popular religious figure (up from 129th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Italy (up from 144th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pius VIII is most famous for his 1864 bull, Quanta Cura, in which he condemned liberalism, socialism, and communism.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pius VIII ranks 66 out of 3,187. Before him are Matthias the Apostle, James, brother of Jesus, Saint Stephen, Elizabeth, Samson, and Saint Lucy. After him are Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Adrian VI, Ignatius of Loyola, Anthony the Great, Pope Urban VIII, and Mary Magdalene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Pope Pius VIII ranks 1. After him are Selim III, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Marie Tussaud, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Jan Potocki, Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, William Carey, Philippe Buonarroti, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Smithson Tennant. Among people deceased in 1830, Pope Pius VIII ranks 2. Before him is George IV of the United Kingdom. After him are Simón Bolívar, Joseph Fourier, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Adam Weishaupt, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Antonio José de Sucre, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Thomas Lawrence.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pius VIII ranks 77 out of 5,161. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), Saint Lucy (283), Lucretius (-94), and Catherine de' Medici (1519). After him are Vespasian (9), Gioachino Rossini (1792), Domitian (51), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Pius VI (1717), and Empedocles (-490).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pius VIII ranks 22. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII (1502), Pope Leo XI (1535), Pope Pius VII (1742), Pope Leo X (1475), Pope Leo XII (1760), and Saint Lucy (283). After him are Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Pius VI (1717), Pope Innocent III (1160), Pope Pius III (1439), Pope Benedict XIV (1675), and Pope Pius V (1504).

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