Pope Pius VI
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title:
Pope Pius VI
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Pope Pius VI was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revolution and the suppression of the Catholic Church in France that resulted from it. French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Papal army and occupied the Papal States in 1796. In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died eighteen months later in Valence
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Head of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI
date created:
2002-03-22T07:00:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T01:03:47Z
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