Pope Pius VI

Pope

Pius VI
Pope; Pius VI
Bishop of Rome
	Pius VI in 1775
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	15 February 1775
Papacy ended	29 August 1799
Predecessor	Clement XIV
Successor	Pius VII
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; Cesena, Papal States
Died	29 August 1799 (aged 81); Valence, French Republic
Previous post(s)	Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura (1758–1759); Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio (1773–1775);
Motto	Floret in Domo Domini (It blossoms in the house of God)
Signature
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 over two decades 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.

[1] "The Wind was too Strong". Rome Art Lover. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

[2] 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.

[3] Eamon Duffy, Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes, (Yale University Press, 2001), 254.

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