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Bookmark or Share- Pope Pius VII | Catholic Answers EncyclopediaPius VII, POPE (BARNABA CHIARAMONTI), b. at Cesena in the Pontifical States, August 14, 1740; elected at Venice March 14, 1800; d. August 20, 1823. His father was Count Scipione Chiaramonti, and his mother, of the noble house of Ghini, was a lady of rare piety who in 1763 entered a convent of Carmelites at Fano.
- Pope remembers Pius VII, a man of communion in difficult timesA Benedictine monk and a renowned theologian, Pius VII, born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, is remembered along with his predecessor Pius VI for his unyielding opposition to Napoleon's attempts to subjugate the Church that cost him his arrest and imprisonment in 1809.
- The Pope Who Outlasted a Tyrant | Catholic Answers MagazineFrom the very start of his pontificate, Pope Pius VII saw clearly that the central crisis facing the Church was Napoleon. To assist him, the pope appointed Ercole Consalvi (1757-1824) as his cardinal secretary of state.
- Pope Pius VII - WikipediaPope Pius VII (Italian: Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; [a] 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. He ruled the Papal States from June 1800 to 17 May 1809 and again from 1814 to his death.
- Pope Pius VII - The 251st Pope - PopeHistory.comPope Pius VII, born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti in 1742, he was the 251st leader of the Catholic Church and the seventh among that lot to take the name “Pius.” He ascended to the papacy in a tumultuous period marked by the aftermath of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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