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Pope Pius VII

Pope Pius VII

1742 CE–1823 CE · Modern · Cesena

Barnaba Chiaramonti, a Benedictine monk and bishop, was elected in Venetian exile after Pius VI died in French captivity. His reign was dominated by Napoleon. He signed the Concordat of 1801, restoring Catholic worship in France, and traveled to Paris for Napoleon's 1804 coronation—where the emperor crowned himself. Relations soured; Napoleon annexed the Papal States and, after Pius excommunicated the despoilers, held him prisoner from 1809 to 1814. His patient endurance won wide admiration, and his return to Rome marked the papacy's survival of the revolutionary age. With his secretary Consalvi he later sheltered scholars and, notably, members of the fallen Bonaparte family.

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Cesena, a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It was the home town of the Braschi family and produced Pope Pius VI and Pope Pius VII.

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