Pius VI

noun

1. Giovanni Angelo, or Giannangelo, Braschi, 1717–99, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1775–99.

Pius VI

noun

1. original name Giovanni Angelico Braschi . 1717–99, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1775–99). He opposed French attempts to limit papal authority and denounced (1791) the French Revolution: he died a prisoner of the French in the Revolutionary Wars

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In 1802, Pius VII presided over the funeral of his predecessor, Pius VI, whose body returned to the Vatican after he died in 1799 in exile.

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In 1965, Pope Pius VI foreshadowed Francis, when, in a United Nations address, he too spoke about the destructibility of the world at the hands of humanity.

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A glass-front cabinet in the Hallwyl mansion’s great drawing room dates from the 18th century and once belonged to Pope Pius VI. Hanging on that room’s walls are 16th-century Brussels tapestries.

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Some observers see Francis' planned visit as especially significant, since Herzl's request for Vatican support was rebuffed by Pope Pius VI in 1904 and no previous pope has stopped at his grave.

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Mr. Panetta sat in the front row of the Pope Pius VI Audience Hall, where some 7,000 others had gathered for the pope’s weekly audience.

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