Benedict XV
Americannoun
noun
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Pope Benedict XV commissioned the work in 1918 to ask God to end World War One.
From Reuters ● May 31, 2022
Wilson, the son of a Presbyterian minister, initially balked at receiving a traditional blessing from Pope Benedict XV, then rejected the pontiff’s peace plan.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2021
Newman was beatified by Pope Benedict XV, who declared that an American deacon’s recovery from a serious spine condition was due to Newman’s intercession.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2019
The meeting, with Benedict XV on Jan. 4, 1919, came as the president toured Europe after the end of World War I.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2017
His one hasty trip to Europe, after his friends had raised my hopes of his visiting us, was to be present at the Conclave that elected Benedict XV.
From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Maurice Francis Egan
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