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POPE LEO
XIII
256th Pope of the Catholic Church
 ORIGINAL NAME OF THE

POPE

VINCENZO GIOACCHINO
RAFFAELE LUIGI PECCI
 EVENTS
EVENT PLACE

Date of Birth 02 March 1810.

Place of Birth Carpineto, Diocese of Anagni.

Names of Parents Ludovico Pecci and Anna Prosperi.

31 December 1837.
Date of Priestly Ordination
(by Ab Carlo Odescakchi)
Place of Death Diocese of Rome (20 July 1903)
Pope Leo xiii
HIS OFFICIAL COAT OF ARMS

Lumen in coelo
(The light in the sky)
YEARS OF HIS
187 03RD MARCH
PONTIFICATE BEGINNING OF PONTIFICATE
8

20TH JULY 190

END OF PONTIFICATE
3

25 YEARS AS POPE
25.3

THE SECOND OLDEST SERVING POPE

93
IMMEDIATE POSITION HE HELD BEFORE
BECOMING POPE
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (Appointed) 27 JAN 1843
Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium 28 JAN 1843
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (Ordained) 19 FEB 1843
Archbishop (personal Title) of Perugia 19 JAN 1846
Installed Bishop of Perugia, Italy 27 JUL 1846
Elevated to Cardinal 19 DEC 1853
Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber 21 SEP 1877
Elected as Pope 20 FEB 1878
Installed as Pope 03 MAR 1878
 HIS SECRETARIES OF STATE
Alessandro Franchi Luigi Jacobini
5 MAR 1878 – 31 JUL 16 DEC 1880 – 28
1878 FEB 1887

01 02 03 04

Lorenzo Nina Mariano Rampolla del

09 AUG 1878 – 16 DEC Tindaro
1880 2 JUL 1887 – 20 JUL 1903
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS OF HIS
PONTIFICATE
Aeterni Patris To aid and advance the restoration
1 of Christian philosophy
Aug 4, 1879

2 Rerum Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour

May 15, 1891
Novarum
3 Annum
Response to the social conflict in the wake
Sacrum
May 25, 1899 of capitalism and industrialization

Pope Leo XIII issued 46 apostolic letters

and encyclicals.
CONSISTORIES FOR CREATING NEW
CARDINALS
Pope Leo XIII Created
147 Cardinals in 27
Consistories
Among the noteworthy cardinals whom he elevated,
he named John Henry Newman a cardinal,

and his own brother Giuseppe Pecci, not a nepotistic act

(it was based purely on recommendation and merit).
 HIS LEGACY

 He re-founded the Vatican Observatory.

 He improved relations between the Church
and
the major powers of Europe.
 The revival of Thomist theology within the
Church.
 HIS LEGACY

 He pushed for the acceptance of Marian devotion, a

belief that the Virgin Mary serves as a mediator and co-
redeemer for Jesus Christ.
 Seeing how the Papal States were demolished, he
brought the Church in touch with the common person.
 Leo XIII was the first Pope of whose voice a sound
recording was made.
ANY EVENTUAL PROCESS OF CANONIZATION

NOT YET INITIATED

OTHER INFORMATION

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AS A PRIEST AS A BISHOP AS AS A POPE
A CARDINAL
THANKS!