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
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
Pope Leo XII
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Pope Leo XII was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.
Pope Pius VII
…figures of that time such as Ercole Consalvi, Bartolomeo Pacca, and Carlo Odescalchi. The Pope also named his two immediate successors as cardinals: Annibale della Genga and Francesco Saverio Castiglioni (the latter of whom it is said Pius VII and his successor would refer to as "Pius VIII"). In addition, Pius VII named…
Portrait by Charles Picqué, 1828
"The Grand Gala Berlin", a luxury carriage constructed in Rome during the first half of the nineteenth century, is an order of the States of the Church during the reign of two pontiffs: Leo XII, in the years 1824–1826, and Gregory XVI, who requested some important modifications. The carriage was used for five solemn festive occasions in the year.
The Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo, Ponte Sant'Angelo and St. Peter in the time of Leo XII, by Silvestr Feodosievich Shchedrin
Bust of Pope Leo XII, c. 1820s