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Pope Clement XIV

Pope Clement XIV

1705 CE–1774 CE · Modern · Santarcangelo di Romagna

Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, a Conventual Franciscan elected amid intense Bourbon pressure, is remembered above all for one fateful act: the 1773 brief Dominus ac Redemptor suppressing the Society of Jesus. Bowing to the combined demands of the Catholic courts, who threatened schism, he dissolved an order of some 20,000 members worldwide—a decision still debated as either prudent submission to political necessity or a grave capitulation. The suppression held until 1814. Worn down by the affair and reportedly fearing for his safety, Clement XIV died in 1774, his health and reputation shadowed by the controversy that defined his troubled pontificate.

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Santarcangelo di Romagna

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About Santarcangelo di Romagna

Santarcangelo di Romagna, a town in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It was the birthplace of Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Ganganelli), who suppressed the Jesuits.

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