Pius VIII

Pius VIII
(Francesco Saverio Castiglioni) 1761-1830, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1829-30.

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pope
original name  Francesco Saverio Castiglioni  
born Nov. 20, 1761, Cingoli, Papal States
died Nov. 30, 1830, Rome
 Italian pope from March 1829 to November 1830.

      Versed in canon law, he became vicar general at Anagni, and later at Fano, until 1800, when he was made bishop of Montalto by Pope Pius VII. He was imprisoned in 1808 during the French domination of Italy for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to Napoleon. In 1816 he was elevated to cardinal and appointed bishop of Cesena. He subsequently became bishop of Frascati and grand penitentiary (1821), a leading role in the Curia. Despite his ill health, Francesco, the candidate of France, was elected Pope Leo XII's successor on March 31, 1829, and was crowned on the following April 5.

      In strictly ecclesiastical matters, Pius, a disciple of Pius VII, was generally broad-minded and conciliatory; he delegated foreign policy to his secretary of state, Cardinal Giuseppe Albani. Although he opposed liberal movements in Ireland and Poland, Pius accepted the July Revolution (1830) in France that deposed Charles X in favour of Louis-Philippe. Pius encouraged French ecclesiastics to endorse the new regime, hoping it would secure amiable ties with the papacy. He approved the decrees of the Council of Baltimore (October 1829), the first formal meeting of U.S. bishops.

Additional Reading
E.E.Y. Hales, Revolution and Papacy, 1769–1846 (1960).

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