Pope Benedict XV

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Catholic priest human pope

Pope Benedict XV was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1914 to 1922, noted for his efforts to promote peace during World War I and his reforms of church administration and missionary activity.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Benedict XV 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
human ⓘ
pope ⓘ
birthDate 1854-11-21 ⓘ
birthName Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa ⓘ
birthPlace Genoa ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
cardinalCreationDate 1907-12-16 ⓘ
church Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
consecrationDate 1907-12-22 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdCardinalBy Pope Pius X ⓘ
deathDate 1922-01-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
education Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy ⓘ
Pontifical Gregorian University ⓘ
electedPopeBy 1914 papal conclave ⓘ
endTimeInOffice 1922-01-22 ⓘ
familyName della Chiesa ⓘ
fieldOfWork canon law ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
givenName Giacomo ⓘ
issuedDocument Ad beatissimi Apostolorum ⓘ
Bonum sane ⓘ
Humani generis redemptionem ⓘ
Maximum illud ⓘ
Pacem, Dei Munus Pulcherrimum ⓘ
the Paraclete ⓘ
surface form: Spiritus Paraclitus
knownFor diplomatic initiatives for peace ⓘ
peace efforts during World War I ⓘ
promotion of missionary activity ⓘ
reform of church administration ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
majorEventDuringPapacy World War I ⓘ
motto In te Domine speravi ⓘ
nationality Italian ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
pope ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
ordinationDate 1878-12-21 ⓘ
papacyStartPopeNumber 258 ⓘ
papalNameNumber XV ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Bologna ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto ⓘ
Patriarch of the West ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
Primate of Italy ⓘ
Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
predecessor Pope Pius X ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
startTimeInOffice 1914-09-03 ⓘ
successor Pope Pius XI ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Michael von Faulhaber → appointedBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
Joan of Arc → canonizedBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
Pope Pius XI → createdCardinalBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
Pope Pius XII → influencedBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benedict XV
Pope Pius XI → predecessor → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
1917 Code of Canon Law → promulgatedBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
Missale Romanum → revisedBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
Mass of St. Pius V → rubricsRevisedBy → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
Pope Pius X → successor → Pope Benedict XV ⓘ