Benedict XV

American  

noun

1. Giacomo della Chiesa, 1854–1922, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1914–22.

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Benedict XV British  

noun

1. original name Giacomo della Chiesa . 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief

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Example Sentences

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

At the memorial museum, Francis will see the letter Pius’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XV, wrote to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet V in 1915 begging him to stop the atrocities.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2016

On February 7, 1919, an appeal was sent to Pope Benedict XV, by the Orthodox Greek clergy of that part of Russia which had not fallen a prey to the Bolsheviki.

From The Red Conspiracy by Mereto, Joseph J.