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Pope Pius VI (1775-1799)

Episcopal Motto: Peregrinus apostolicus

Born:1717.12.25 (Cesena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1755
Created Cardinal:1773.04.26
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1775.02.15
Consecrated Bishop:1775.02.22
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1775.02.22
Died:1799.08.29 (Valence, France † 81)

Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy) (1773 – 1798)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1773.05.10 – 1775.02.15)

Supreme Pontiff (1775.02.15 [1775.02.22] – 1799.08.29)

Cardinals Created:
Cardinals Created 73 Cardinals (23 Consistories)

Documents Issued:
2 Documents 2 Documents

Saints Proclaimed:
40 Blesseds (19 ceremonies)

Buried at:
Crypt of Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Vatican City State (Sarcophagus)
Basilique-Cathédrale Saint-Apollinaire, Valence, France (Praecordia monument)