Pope Clement XIV
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Pope Clement XIV, born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 19 May 1769 to his death in September 1774. At the time of his election
Portrait by Giovanni Domenico Porta, c. 1770 (oil on canvas, 70 x 58.5 cm, Acquapendente city museum)
Cardinal Ganganelli.
Clement XIV, by Vincenzo Milione, c. 1773-74
Portrait of Clement XIV on horseback in the countryside around Castel Gandolfo, c. 1770s
Jesuits
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The Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits, is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church. Headquartered in Rome, it was founded i
Pope Clement XIV
…of baptism on 2 November 1705 at the parish church of Sant'Agata. Ganganelli initially studied at Verucchio but later received his education from the Society of Jesus at Rimini from 1717. He also studied with the Piarists of Urbino. Ganganelli entered the Order of Friars Minor Conventual on 15 May 1723 in Forlì…
Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits
A fresco depicting Ignatius receiving the papal bull from Pope Paul III was created after 1743 by Johann Christoph Handke in the Church of Our Lady Of the Snow in Olomouc.
Jesuits at Akbar's court in India, c. 1605
Ratio Studiorum, 1598