Pius VI
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Pius VI was the head of the Catholic Church for 24 years during a period of significant upheaval in Europe, including the French Revolution. His papacy matters historically because he navigated the Church through challenges to its authority and territory during one of the most transformative eras in modern history.
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- Born
- 1717
- Died
- 1799
- Works
- 32
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- Breve summi pontificis Pii VI ad dominum Thoumin Desvauspons
- Béatification de Madame Acarie, dite en religion, soeur Marie de l'Incarnation, converse et fondatrice de l'ordre des Carmelites de France
- Philosophiae recentioris versibus traditae
- Responsio Pii VI. P.M. ad metropolitanos Moguntin. Treviren. Colonien. et Salisburgen. super nunciaturis apostolicis. --
- Lettre du Pape au Roi
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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.