Pope Pius IX

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Catholic priest Pope human

Pope Pius IX was the 19th-century head of the Catholic Church whose long pontificate saw the loss of the Papal States and the proclamation of papal infallibility.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic priest → Pope → human →
associatedWith	Holy See → Papal States → Roman Curia →
authorOf	Ineffabilis Deus → Quanta cura → Syllabus of Errors →
beatifiedBy	Pope John Paul II →
birthDate	1792-05-13 →
birthName	Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti →
birthPlace	Marche → Papal States → Senigallia →
burialPlace	Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura →
convoked	First Vatican Council →
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States →
dateOfBeatification	2000-09-03 →
dateOfCardinalElevation	1840-12-14 →
deathDate	1878-02-07 →
deathPlace	Apostolic Palace → Kingdom of Italy → Rome →
electedAsPopeOn	1846-06-16 →
elevatedToCardinalBy	Pope Gregory XVI →
endTime	1878-02-07 →
era	19th century →
familyName	Mastai-Ferretti →
givenName	Giovanni →
heldTitle	Archbishop of Spoleto → Bishop of Imola → Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro →
knownFor	defining papal infallibility at the First Vatican Council → longest verified papal reign → loss of the Papal States → proclaiming the dogma of the Immaculate Conception →
languageSpoken	Italian → Latin →
memberOf	College of Cardinals →
notableWork	Syllabus of Errors →
ordinalInOffice	255th Pope →
papalName	Pius IX →
politicalStance	conservative on doctrinal and political issues → strongly opposed Italian unification →
positionHeld	Bishop of Rome → Pope → Sovereign of the Vatican City (later Holy See jurisdiction) →
predecessor	Pope Gregory XVI →
religion	Catholic Church →
significantEvent	definition of papal infallibility in 1870 → end of the Papal States in 1870 → loss of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy in 1870 → opening of the First Vatican Council in 1869 → proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 →
startTime	1846-06-16 →
successor	Pope Leo XIII →
veneratedIn	Catholic Church →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dei Filius → Dei Filius → Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith →	promulgatedBy
Pastor aeternus → Pastor aeternus →	approvedBy
John Cardinal McCloskey → Pope Leo XIII →	createdCardinalBy
John Cardinal McCloskey →	appointedAsArchbishopOfNewYorkBy
Ineffabilis Deus →	author
Peter Faber →	beatifiedBy
First Vatican Council →	convenedBy
First Vatican Council →	convokedBy
Diocese of Buffalo →	establishedBy
Ineffabilis Deus →	issuedBy
Papal States →	notableLeader
Sovereign of the Papal States →	officeHolder
Pope Pius IX ("Pius IX") →	papalName
Pastor aeternus →	popeWhoPromulgated
Pope Leo XIII →	predecessor
Immaculate Conception →	proclaimedBy
Sacred Heart of Jesus →	promotedBy
Italian Risorgimento →	significantFigure