Pius VI | |
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| Bishop of Rome | |
.jpg) Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, 1775 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Papacy began | 15 February 1775 |
| Papacy ended | 29 August 1799 |
| Predecessor | Clement XIV |
| Successor | Pius VII |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1758 |
| Consecration | 22 February 1775 by Gian Francesco Albani |
| Created cardinal | 26 April 1773 by Clement XIV |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giovanni Angelo Braschi 25 December 1717 |
| Died | 29 August 1799 (aged 81) Valence, French Republic |
| Motto | Floret in Domo Domini (It blossoms in the house of God)[1] |
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| Coat of arms |  |
| Other popes named Pius | |
Pope Pius VI (Italian: Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 1717 – 29 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799.[2][3]
Pius VI condemned the French Revolution and the suppression of the Catholic Church in France that resulted from it. French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Papal army and occupied the Papal States in 1796. In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died eighteen months later in Valence. His reign of more than twenty-four years is the fifth-longest in papal history.
- ^ "The Wind was too Strong". Rome Art Lover. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Many sources indicate that he was born on 27 December 1717 but this is actually the date of his baptism, cf. Pastor, XXXIX, p. 22.
- ^ Eamon Duffy, Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes, (Yale University Press, 2001), 254.