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Benedict XV, born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa in 1854 in Pegli, was a Latin Catholic priest and bishop who served as Pope and cardinal. A citizen of the Kingdom of Italy, he was educated at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the Pontifical Gregorian University, and the University of Genoa. He worked in Rome and the Papal States and spoke Italian.

He died of pneumonia in 1922 at the Apostolic Palace from natural causes and is buried in the Vatican Grotto. Benedict XV was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and received the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. His motto was "In Te Domine Speravi, Non Confundar In Aeternum." He was consecrated by Pius X and Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo.