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Città del Vaticano

title: POPE LEONE XII

subject date: 2003-09-11

caption: PAPA LEONE XII (August 22, 1760 - February 10, 1829), aka Hannibal della Genga Sermattei, born in Spoleto, elected in 1823. He opposed the Carbonari and Freemasonry, was the promoter of school reform and update the index of prohibited books , from which it took away some of the writings of Galileo Galilei. His tomb is located in the Vatican Basilica. Portrait in Profile, detail from a chromolithographic postcard of the 'Collection of Roman Popes' dedicated to Pope Pius X and blessed by Him (in whole # 14876). Rome, October 1903.

category: HIS

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country: Città del Vaticano

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continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: vuoto

subject century: XIX

subject epoch: Ottocento

technique: Cromolitografia

id: 15450

file name: FSNgilardi_40401.jpg

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