Pius Collection (page 4)

Giacomo Antonelli, Italian prelate and statesman, prime minister of Pius IX

Pius VII Returns
Pius VII returns from exile following Napoleons defeat : his feet are kissed by Carlo Emanuele IV as he enters St Peter s, and he forms a reactionary government

Pius VII Imprisoned
Pope Pius VII is incarcerated on the orders of Napoleon

Mother of Pius VII
Joanna Ghini, the mother of POPE PIUS VII

Pope Infallible
Pope Pius IX announces that the Pope is infallible when he is speaking ex cathedra

Pius XII Enthroned
Pius XII receives the papal tiara at his enthronement

Pius XI Enthroned
Pius XI is enthroned in Saint Peters : cardinal Billot places the tiara on his head, while 60, 000 spectators watch in wonder

French Quit Rome
As the French quit Rome, Vittorio Emanuele II presents himself to Pius IX as the new tenant - but it will be some years before he is able to take up residence !

French Leave Rome
The French finally leave Rome, leaving pope Pius IX to fend for himself. Date: 1 December 1866

Neapolitan Exiles
The Piedmontese and French forces repel Pius IXs Swiss mercenaries at the battle of Marignano (also known as Melegnano)

Pius IX Returns - 1
Pius IX returns to Rome after his flight to exile, and is acclaimed by his supporters among the populace

Pius IX Returns - 2
Pius IX returns to Rome after his flight to exile, and a procession of his supporters accompanies him to the church of San Giovanni

Pius IX at Firenze
Pius IX visits Firenze, acclaimed by his supporters but not by all

Pius II (De Bry)
PIUS II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini)

Pius IX in St Peter s
Pope Pius IX is carried through St Peter s, Rome, while pilgrims kneel in adoration

Pope Pius IX (Letaille)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Pope Pius III
POPE PIUS III (Francesco Todeschini)

Pope Pius VII (Ribault)
POPE PIUS VII (Luigi Barnabo Chiaramonti) He signed Concordat with Napoleon, but later quarreled with him and was arrested by the French

Pope Pius VII (Maradan)
POPE PIUS VII (Luigi Barnabo Chiaramonti) He signed Concordat with Napoleon, but later quarreled with him and was arrested by the French

Pope Pius VII (Lawrence)
POPE PIUS VII (Luigi Barnabo Chiaramonti) He signed Concordat with Napoleon, but later quarreled with him and was arrested by the French

The Pope Arrested 1809
Pope Pius VII is arrested by the French general Radet and taken to Firenze, nominally for his own protection

1848 / Anti-Papal Protest
Demonstrations in Rome against Pope Pius IX dissociating himself fromthe movement for Italian unification

Jeanne D arc a Patron
Pope Pius XI in a gesture of exquisite kindness declares that Jeanne d Arc is a secondary patron of France, after Notre Dame

S. Rosa Di Viterbo
Santa Rosa of Viterbo has her uncorrupted hand kissed by pope Pius VI, who then as a thank-you to the nuns, allows them to kiss his feet

Papal Jubilee 1865
Pope Pius IX tells cardinals, archbishops and bishops that next year - 1865 - will be a Jubilee Year

Henryk Sienkiewicz / Nobel
HENRYK ADAM ALEKSANDR PIUS SIENKIEWICZ pseudonym: LITWOS Polish novelist

Voting for Pope 1903
Cardinals, sitting in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, Rome, vote for a new pope : they elect Pius X

Voting for New Pope
Cardinals, sitting in Conclave in the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican, Rome, vote for a new pope : they elect Pius XII

Pope in Procession
HOLY YEAR 1934 Pope Pius XI decrees a special Holy Year to commemorate the 19th centenary of the Redemption; he is carried on the sedia gestatoria

Pope Listens to Radio
Pope Pius XI listens to the radio broadcast of a concert

PIUS II (Piccolomini)

Pope Pius XII (Munollo)
POPE PIUS XII (Eugenio Pacelli) newly installed in 1939

Pope Pius X (Pet. Jour. )
POPE PIUS X (Giuseppe Sarto) pope and saint

Pope Pius IX (Photo)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Pope Pius IX (Van. Fair)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Pope Pius IX
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Pope Pius VII (Tofanelli
POPE PIUS VII (Luigi Barnabo Chiaramonti) He signed Concordat with Napoleon, but later quarreled with him and was arrested by the French

Pope Pius VI (Oval)
POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi) captured and deported to Valence by the French

Pope Pius IV
POPE PIUS IV (Gianangelo de Medici)

Pope Pius I
POPE PIUS I pope and saint

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