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Leo XIII

noun

  1. Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci, 1810–1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878–1903.

Leo XIII

noun

  1. Leo XIII18101903MItalianRELIGION: pope original name Gioacchino Pecci. 1810–1903, pope (1878–1903). His many important encyclicals include Rerum novarum (1891) on the need for Roman Catholics to take action on various social problems

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In 1903 the Italian government lottery let citizens bet on when Pope Leo XIII would expire.

In response, on February 3, 1900, Pope Leo XIII decided to put the matter to rest once and for all.

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