Pope Benedict XV

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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.

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Pope Benedict XV canonical 47
Benedict XV 5

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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
createdCardinalBy Pope Pius X
deathDate 1922-01-22
deathPlace Kingdom of Italy
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

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Bonum sane author Pope Benedict XV
Bonum sane issuedBy Pope Benedict XV