Home > Pope Pius VII
Pius VII, né Giorgio Barnaba Luigi Chiaramonti, ( August 14, 1740 - August 20, 1823) was Pope from March 14, 1800 to August 20, 1823.
Barnaba Chiaramonti was born at Cesena into a noble Italian family. He was educated in Ravenna before joining the Benedictine order in 1756 to continue his studies. He then became a teacher within the order. His career became a series of swift promotions following the election of a family friend Giovanni Braschi as Pope Pius VI. Pius VI appointed him abbot of San Callisto in Rome in 1776 and after making him a bishop made him a cardinal in February 1785Events January 1st The first issue of the Daily Universal Register later known as The Times is published in London. January 7 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon. Following the death of Pius in August 1799Events March 1 Federalist James Ross becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. March 7 Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. March 29 New York passes a law aimed at graduall the conclaveSistine Chapel is the location of the conclave. It was richly decorated by the famous Renaissance artist Michelangelo. Papal elections are the method by which the Roman Catholic Church fills the office of Bishop of Rome, whose incumbent is usually referre met in Venice on November 30November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 31 days remaining. Events 1782 American Revolutionary War: In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign prelimina. There were three main candidates and after several months of stalemate Chiaramonti was elected as a compromise candidate. He was crowned Pius VII on March 21March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). There are 285 days remaining. Events 1556 In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. 1788 A fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans and, 1800.
As when he was cardinal the main concern of the new Pope was the French. The revolutionary regime of Napoleon I led to the Concordat of 1801 negotiated by Ercole Consalvi, which re-systemised the linkage between the French church and Rome. The Pope suffered a major loss of church lands in Germany where following the Peace of Lunéville ( 1801) a number of German princes compensated for their losses by seizing ecclesiastical property. Whatever hopes Pius may have had with Napoleon, the Papal States were eventually taken by the French around 1800, and when Napoleon subsequently was excommunicated, he had Pius arrested. Pius did not return to Rome until 1814. At the Congress of Vienna ( 1814- 15) the Papal States were largely restored.
His monument ( 1831) in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, is by the Danish ( Protestant) sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
Pius 07
Pius 07
Pius 07
Pius VII, Pope
Pius VII, Pope
