Pope Pius VII

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Catholic priest head of state pope

Pope Pius VII was the head of the Catholic Church from 1800 to 1823, best known for his complex relationship with Napoleon Bonaparte, including his role in restoring the Church’s position in France and his later imprisonment by the French emperor.

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Pius VII 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
pope ⓘ
birthName Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti ⓘ
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
condemned Freemasons ⓘ
surface form: Freemasonry

secret societies hostile to the Church ⓘ
conflictWith Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
coronated Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I of France
coronationEvent The Coronation of Napoleon ⓘ
surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I
countryOfBirth Italy ⓘ
createdCardinalBy Pope Pius VI ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1742-08-14 ⓘ
dateOfCardinalCreation 1785-02-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1823-08-20 ⓘ
electedPopeAtConclave Papal conclave, 1799–1800 ⓘ
endTime 1823-08-20 ⓘ
era Napoleonic era ⓘ
Restoration period in Europe ⓘ
familyName Chiaramonti ⓘ
fullRestorationOfJesuitsBy Pope Pius VII in 1814 ⓘ
givenName Barnaba ⓘ
imprisonedBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
issuedDocument brief "Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum" ⓘ
bull "Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo" ⓘ
bull "Post tam diuturnas" ⓘ
knownFor Concordat of 1801 ⓘ
surface form: Concordat of 1801 with France

complex relationship with Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
The Coronation of Napoleon ⓘ
surface form: coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French

imprisonment by Napoleon ⓘ
restoring the Catholic Church in France after the French Revolution ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
nationality Italian ⓘ
ordinalInPapalName 7 ⓘ
papacyEnd 1823-08-20 ⓘ
papacyStart 1800-03-14 ⓘ
papalName Pope Pius VII self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pius VII
placeOfBirth Cesena ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
placeOfImprisonment Fontainebleau, France ⓘ
surface form: Fontainebleau

Port of Savona ⓘ
surface form: Savona
positionHeld Bishop of Rome ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor Pope Pius VI ⓘ
previousPost Bishop of Imola ⓘ
Bishop of Tivoli ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
restored Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Society of Jesus in some countries
signed Concordat of 1801 ⓘ
startTime 1800-03-14 ⓘ
successor Pope Leo XII ⓘ
supported restoration of the Society of Jesus ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

R. Luke Concanen → appointedBy → Pope Pius VII ⓘ
Concordat of 1801 → approvedBy → Pope Pius VII ⓘ
The Coronation of Napoleon → depicts → Pope Pius VII ⓘ
Concordat of 1801 → negotiatedBy → Pope Pius VII ⓘ
Pope Pius VII → papalName → Pope Pius VII self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pius VII
Canova → patron → Pope Pius VII ⓘ