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
Pope Pius VI
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Pope Pius VI was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799.
Pope Clement XIV
…also made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Spur. Clement XIV elevated sixteen new cardinals into the cardinalate in twelve consistories including Giovanni Angelo Braschi, who succeeded him as Pope Pius VI. The pope held no canonizations in his pontificate but he beatified a number of individuals…
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, 1775
Cardinal Braschi c. 1773
Pius VI elevated Romualdo Braschi-Onesti as the penultimate cardinal-nephew.
Pius VI