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Pius VII
noun
- Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti, 1740–1823, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1800–23.
Pius VII
noun
- 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)
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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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