Leo XIII

American  

noun

1. Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci, 1810–1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878–1903.

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Leo XIII British  

noun

1. 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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Leo XIII

Progressives cheered his announcement based on his papal name choice, an homage to Leo XIII, who was pope between 1878 to 1903.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

The last pope to choose the name Leo was Pope Leo XIII, an Italian whose baptismal name was Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci.

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

In fact, all 20th-century popes died in their early 80s or younger, with the exception of Pope Leo XIII, who was 93 when he died in 1903.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021

Many of the issues Francis talks about were first articulated in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII, who issued an encyclical on the right of workers to join associations.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2015

That was in the more exacting days of Leo XIII.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James