Pope Leo XII

Pope

Leo XII
Pope; Leo XII
Bishop of Rome
	Leo XII in 1828
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	28 September 1823
Papacy ended	10 February 1829
Predecessor	Pius VII
Successor	Pius VIII
Orders
Ordination	4 June 1783; by Marcantonio Colonna
Consecration	24 February 1794; by Henry Benedict Stuart, Duke of York
Created cardinal	8 March 1816; by Pius VII
Personal details
Born	Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga; 2 August 1760; Genga, Papal States
Died	10 February 1829 (aged 68); Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1794–1816); Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1794–1804); Archbishop of Senigallia (1816); Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1816–1823); Prefect of the Roman Curia (1820–1823); Prefect of the Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity (1820–1823); Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (1821–1823); Vicar-General of Rome (1821–1823);
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	Other popes named Leo

Pope Leo XII (Italian: Leone XII), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga^[a] (pronunciation^ⓘ; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death in February 1829.^[1]

Leo XII was in ill health from the time of his election to the papacy to his death less than 6 years later, though he was noted for enduring pain well. He was a deeply conservative ruler, who enforced many controversial laws, including one forbidding Jews to own property. Though he raised taxes, the Papal States remained financially poor.

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^ For the correct biographical information, date and place of birth and surname, see Ph. Boutry, Souverain et Pontife. Recherche prosographiques sur la Curie romaine à l'age de la Restauration (1814–1846), Roma, Ecole francaise, 2002. pp. 359–361.

[2] For the correct biographical information, date and place of birth and surname, see Ph. Boutry, Souverain et Pontife. Recherche prosographiques sur la Curie romaine à l'age de la Restauration (1814–1846), Roma, Ecole francaise, 2002. pp. 359–361.

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