Carlo Odescalchi
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Carlo Odescalchi was an Italian prince and priest, Archbishop of Ferrara, cardinal of the Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome. For years a close collaborator of popes Pius VII and
Portrait in oils by Agnes Xavier Trail
Pope Pius VII
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Pope Pius VII was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. He was the leader of the Papal States from June 1800 to 17 May 1809 and again from 1814 to his death. Chia
Carlo Odescalchi
…and priest, Archbishop of Ferrara, cardinal of the Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome. For years a close collaborator of popes Pius VII and Gregory XVI, in 1838 he renounced his titles in order to become a Jesuit. A great-great-great-grandnephew of Benedetto Odescalchi, who reigned as…
Portrait of Pope Pius VII by Thomas Lawrence, 1819
Teodoro Matteini, Ritratto di Pio VII, 1801
Pope Pius VII by Antonio Canova 1805, Albertinum, Dresden
The birthplace of Pius VII