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2 unusual facts about Pope Leo XII


Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti

He was elected bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania in 1826 and was consecrated that same year by Pope Leo XII.

William Mitchell Ramsay

He received gold medals from Pope Leo XII, the University of Pennsylvania, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and was knighted in 1906.


Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

Many leaders of the church have been alumni of the academy, including Popes Clement XIII, Leo XII, Leo XIII, Benedict XV, and Paul VI.

San Francesco di Paola ai Monti

The lower part of the façade was refinished in plaster in the 18th century, and the whole church was then restored about a century later by Pope Leo XII.


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