Pius VII

noun

1. Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti, 1740–1823, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1800–23.

Pius VII

noun

1. Pius VII17401823MItalianRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: pope original name Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti. 1740–1823, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1800–23). He concluded a concordat with Napoleon (1801) and consecrated him as emperor of France (1804), but resisted his annexation of the Papal States (1809)

Example Sentences

The trouble was, he alienated Pope Pius VI and Pius VII—the latter he actually arrested.

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In 1814, Pope Pius VII restored the Jesuits—but not all countries followed suit.

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