Leo XIII
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noun
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The Latinate reference deliberately invokes the transformative 1891 encyclical, “Rerum Novarum,” from his predecessor and namesake, Pope Leo XIII, which oriented the church toward the challenges of industrial society and its consequences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
His choice of the name Leo has also drawn attention for his namesake, Pope Leo XIII.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
He will become the first Pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903, to be buried outside the Vatican.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 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
From this point of view such men as Napoleon, Machiavelli, Epictetus, Leo XIII, Bismarck, Voltaire, Anatole France, are typical intellectuals.
From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George
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