Pope Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pope Leo XIII (Latin: Leo PP. XIII; Italian: Leone XIII, March 2, 1810 — July 20, 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 257th Pope from 1878 until his death.[1]
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Monsignore
Pope Gregory XVI granted Pecci the title Monsignore.[2] In 1903, there were Golden Jubilee celebrations which recalled the 50 years since he was named a cardinal.[3]
In 1846, he visited London where he had an audience with Queen Victoria.[4]
Bishop
Pecci was Bishop of Perugia for thirty-two years, from 1846 to 1878.[5]
Cardinal
In the consistory of 19 December 1853, Pope Pius IX appointed the then Archbishop-Bishop of Perugia to the college of Cardinals thus, assigning him to the Priestbyterial Title of San Crisogono, Archbishop Pecci was one of the two prelates who at that time were elevated the other one was Abp. Camillo di Pietro (later Dean of the College of Cardinals).[2]
Pope
In 1878, Cardinal Pecci was elected Pope.[6]
After his election, Pope Leo never went outside the gates of the Vatican.[2]
Pope Leo was in office until the age of 93. He was the oldest pope and had the second longest papal reign before Pope John Paul II. He is known as the "Pope of the Working Man."
At age 93, the pope died from pneumonia and old age.[7]
After his death
The pope lay in State in St. Peter's Basilica. His final resting place is the Basilica of St. John Lateran,[2] which is the official seat of the Bishop of Rome.
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