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Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
Birth: 5-13-1792
Death: 2-7-1878
Nickname: Pope Pius IX
Biography
Pius IX, original name Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti (born May 13, 1792, Senigallia, Papal States—died February 7, 1878, Rome; beatified September 3, 2000; feast day February 7), Italian head of the Roman Catholic church whose pontificate (1846–78) was the longest in history and was marked by a transition from moderate political liberalism to conservatism. Notable events of his reign included the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854), the Syllabus of Errors (1864), and the sessions of the First Vatican Council (1869–70), which decreed papal infallibility but was cut short by the loss of the papal states.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Augustus Henry Seward, March 12, 1848
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 12, 1859
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Pius IX, original name Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti (born May 13, 1792, Senigallia, Papal States—died February 7, 1878, Rome; beatified September 3, 2000; feast day February 7), Italian head of the Roman Catholic church whose pontificate (1846–78) was the longest in history and was marked by a transition from moderate political liberalism to conservatism. Notable events of his reign included the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854), the Syllabus of Errors (1864), and the sessions of the First Vatican Council (1869–70), which decreed papal infallibility but was cut short by the loss of the papal states.
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