Pius IX

noun

Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, 1792–1878, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1846–78.

Pius IX

Pius IX17921878MItalianRELIGION: clergymanRELIGION: pope original name Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti. 1792–1878, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1846–78). He refused to recognize the incorporation of Rome and the Papal States in the kingdom of Italy, confining himself to the Vatican after 1870. He decreed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854) and convened the Vatican Council, which laid down the doctrine of papal infallibility (1870)

But the real insanity came with a memorial stone of marble donated by Pope Pius IX.

I know you do not believe me, a Jewish guy and medical doctor, but perhaps you will believe Pope Pius IX.

Despite the ovations of his people, despite the plaudits of the nations and their governments, Pius IX.

That this idea was unrealisable was not the fault of Pius IX.

Efforts were commenced, in 1670, to procure her canonization, but it was not until 1850 that she was beatified by Pius IX.

Even in our own time sessions of scientific associations were discouraged and thwarted by as kindly a pontiff as Pius IX.

Pius IX was not slow to realise that the only court of appeal against his decisions was closed in 1870.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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