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POPE PIUS VI BULL (Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi) Papst Papal Papa PIO VI - 1782
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Description
"POPE PIUS VI BULL on a Very Large Parchment Dated November 8, 1782"
Pope Pius VI, born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, reigned as Pope from 15 February 1775 to his death in 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revolution and the suppression of the Gallican Church that resulted from it.
Size: 16" x 10" (40.5 cm x 25.2 cm), Multiple Signatures
Papacy began
15 February 1775
Papacy ended
29 August 1799
Predecessor
Clement XIV
Successor
Pius VII
Orders
Ordination
1755
Consecration
22 February 1775 by Giovanni Francesco Albani
Created Cardinal
26 April 1773 by Pope Clement XIV
Personal details
Birth name
Giovanni Angelo Braschi
Born
25 December 1717 Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States
Died
29 August 1799 (aged 81) Valence, French Republic
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Motto
Floret in Domo Domini
(it blossoms in the house of God)