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Leo XIII was the first pope to be born in the 19th century and was also the first to die in the 20th century, living to the age of 93. [81] He is the oldest verified pope to have served in the office, [ 82 ] and the second-oldest verified person to have been pope, [ 83 ] surpassed only by Pope Benedict XVI as "Pope emeritus", who died at the ...
LEO Octavus: Rome, Papal States Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. His pontificate from 963 to 964 is considered illegitimate by today's Catholic Church. An appointee of Emperor Otto I, his pontificate occurred during the period known as the Saeculum obscurum. 133 1 October 965 – 6 September 972 (6 years, 341 days) John XIII
The papal conclave held from 18 to 20 February 1878 saw the election of Vincenzo Pecci, who took the name Leo XIII as pope.Held after the death of Pius IX, who had had the longest pontificate since Saint Peter, it was the first election of a pope who would not rule the Papal States.
Pope Leo VIII (963–965) Pope John XIII (965–972) Pope Benedict VI (973–974) ... Venetian Pope Clement XIII. Pope Gregory XII (1406–1415) Pope Eugene IV (1431 ...
Pope Leo XII (Italian: Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.
In August 1879, eighteen months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIII (formerly Joachim Cardinal Pecci, bishop of Perugia), issued the encyclical letter Aeterni Patris.The aim of the encyclical was to aid and advance the restoration of Christian philosophy, which he felt had fallen into danger and disrepute by adhering to modern trends in secular philosophy, by urging a return to the scholastic ...
The pontificate of Leo XIII came to an end on 20 July 1903 after 25 years, longer than any previous elected pope, except his predecessor Pius IX; together, they had reigned 57 years. While Pius had been a conservative reactionary, Leo had been seen as a liberal, certainly in comparison with his predecessor.
Benedict became the longest-lived pope, whose age can be verified, on 4 September 2020 at 93 years, 141 days, surpassing the age of Pope Leo XIII. [ 278 ] [ 279 ] There are two popes that are claimed to have lived longer than Benedict: Pope St Agatho (574–681), who died at the age of 107; [ 280 ] and Pope Gregory IX (1145–1241), who died at ...