How to use Leo XIII in a sentence
In 1903 the Italian government lottery let citizens bet on when Pope Leo XIII would expire.
Betting on Next Pope Gives Favorable Odds to Italian, Ghanaian Clerics | Matthew Zeitlin | March 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn response, on February 3, 1900, Pope Leo XIII decided to put the matter to rest once and for all.
British Dictionary definitions for Leo XIII
Leo XIII
noun
original name Gioacchino Pecci. 1810–1903, pope (1878–1903). His many important encyclicals include Rerum novarum (1891) on the need for Roman Catholics to take action on various social problems
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