Pope Benedict XIV

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Catholic cleric Pope canon lawyer theologian

Pope Benedict XIV was an 18th-century head of the Catholic Church known for his scholarly reforms, promotion of canon law and liturgical standardization, and efforts to balance tradition with Enlightenment thought.

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Label	Occurrences
Pope Benedict XIV canonical	12
Benedict XIV	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic cleric ⓘ Pope ⓘ canon lawyer ⓘ theologian ⓘ
authored	De servorum Dei beatificatione et beatorum canonizatione ⓘ De synodo dioecesana ⓘ
birthDate	1675-03-31 ⓘ
birthName	Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini ⓘ
birthPlace	Bologna ⓘ Papal States ⓘ
citizenship	Papal States ⓘ
deathDate	1758-05-03 ⓘ
deathPlace	Papal States ⓘ Rome ⓘ
education	Collegio Clementino in Rome ⓘ Sapienza University of Rome ⓘ surface form: La Sapienza University of Rome
familyName	Lambertini ⓘ
fieldOfWork	canon law ⓘ ecclesiastical history ⓘ moral theology ⓘ
givenName	Prospero ⓘ
implementedReform	norms for indulgences ⓘ norms for sacred relics ⓘ regulation of church feasts and devotions ⓘ reorganization of papal finances ⓘ rules on mixed marriages ⓘ standards for liturgical books ⓘ
knownFor	engagement with Enlightenment thought ⓘ liturgical standardization ⓘ promotion of academic studies ⓘ reform of the Roman Curia ⓘ reforms in canon law ⓘ regulation of missionary activity ⓘ scholarly approach to the papacy ⓘ support for scientific inquiry ⓘ treatises on beatification and canonization ⓘ work on canonization procedures ⓘ
papalName	Pope Benedict XIV self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Benedict XIV
policy	attempt to reconcile tradition with Enlightenment ideas ⓘ promotion of dialogue with secular rulers ⓘ
positionHeld	Archbishop of Bologna ⓘ Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Cardinal ⓘ Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor	Pope Clement XII ⓘ
reignEnd	1758-05-03 ⓘ
reignStart	1740-08-17 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
successor	Pope Clement XIII ⓘ
supported	development of Vatican Library ⓘ scholarly editions of church documents ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Stations of the Cross → standardNumberStandardizedBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Sovereign of the Papal States → officeHolder → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Pope Clement XII → successor → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Pope Benedict XIV → papalName → Pope Benedict XIV self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benedict XIV

Roman Martyrology → approvedBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Bishop of Imola → titleHeldBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Pope Clement XIII → predecessor → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Pope Clement XIII → createdCardinalBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Henry Benedict Stuart → appointedCardinalBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Saint Joseph of Cupertino → beatifiedBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Redemptorists → approvedBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer → approvedBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ

Patriarchate of Aquileia → suppressedBy → Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ