252nd Roman Pontiff

Leo XII

LEO Duodecimus

Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga

252nd Successor of St Peter · 1823–1829 · Italy · b. Genga, Papal States

1823

Elected

1829

Reign ended

6 years

Length

19th

Century

The Life

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Placed the Catholic educational system under the control of the Jesuits through the bull Quod divina sapientia (1824). Condemned Freemasonry and the Bible societies.

‹ Predecessor

Servant of God Pius VII

Successor ›

Pius VIII

Portrait: Charles Picqué / Wikimedia Commons

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