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Post by Eric Gajewski on Jul 4, 2015 14:55:33 GMT
TradCatKnight: Papal Profile: Pope Pius VIIIOne of the lesser known pontiffs, Pope Pius VIII was born Francesco Saverio Castiglione on November 20, 1761 at Cingoli in the Marches, part of the Papal States. He came from an aristocratic family and joined the Church and was first ordained on December 17, 1785. This was during the reign of Pius VI when there were growing tensions between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire over the independence of the Church and not long before this was eclipsed by the even greater horror of the French Revolution. As an aristocratic cleric he had seen the very worst of the Revolutionary upheaval and had the strongest revulsion against it.
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