LEON XIII (Gioacchino PECCI) 1810-1903 - 254th POPE from 187 - Lot 501

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LEON XIII (Gioacchino PECCI) 1810-1903 - 254th POPE from 187 - Lot 501
LEON XIII (Gioacchino PECCI) 1810-1903 - 254th POPE from 1878 to 1903 - Former Archbishop of PEROUSE (1846), Cardinal (1853) and Camerlingue. Except in Italy, he forbade the Catholics to participate in the political life... In France, he recommended to the Catholics the "rallying" to the republican government, however anticlerical. He worked especially in the intellectual and doctrinal field and published numerous encyclicals. - Piece signed as Apostolic Delegate of PEROUSE (of Perugia) - Provincial Direction of Police. - March 8, 1842 - (in Italian) - 1p in-folio - Heading printed.
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