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Pius VI

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Pius VI

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Also known as Pope Pius VI, Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Giannangelo Braschi, Papa Pius VI, Giovanni Angelo Braschi

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

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Pius VI, born Giovanni Angelo Braschi in 1717, was a Catholic priest and bishop who served as Pope and cardinal. A member of the Catholic Church, he held the noble title of count and was a citizen of the Papal States. He worked in Rome and the Papal States and was educated at the University of Ferrara. He spoke Latin and Italian, with Italian as his native language.

He died of natural causes in Valence in 1799 and is buried in the Vatican Grotto. His consecrators included Clement XI, Gian Francesco Albani, Henry Benedict Stuart, and Carlo Rezzonico. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. He is also recognized in the Popes collection.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Pius
Gender
male
Citizenship
Papal States
Place of birth
Cesena
Place of death
Valence
Occupation
Catholic priest
Position held
cardinal
Educated at
University of Ferrara
Languages spoken
Italian
Native language
Italian
Religion
Catholic Church
Participant in
1774–75 papal conclave
Noble title
count
Image
Pompeo Batoni - Ritratto di Papa Pio VI (National Gallery of Ireland).jpg
Work location
Papal States
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place of burial
Vatican Grotto
Commons category
Pius VI
date of birth
1717-12-25
date of death
1799-08-29
topic's main category
Category:Pope Pius VI
birth name
Giovanni Angelo Braschi
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Pius PP. VI
consecrator
Carlo Rezzonico
member of
Catholic Church
described by source
Wikitólica
P8168
Sigma Orionis
start of work period
1737-01-01
end of work period
1799-01-01
P13311
botany
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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Pius VI (Italian: Pio VI; born Count Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Giovanni Antonio called Giovanni Angelo or Giannangelo Braschi, 25 December 1717 – 29 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799.

Pius VI condemned the French Revolution and the suppression of the Catholic Church in France that resulted from it. French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Papal army and occupied the Papal States in 1796. In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died eighteen months later in Valence. His reign of more than twenty-four years is the fifth-longest in papal history. He was also the longest-ruling pope of the Papal States.

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