LA VOCE DI S. PIETRO NEL BREVE DEL S. PADRE PIO PAPA VI, CH...

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LA VOCE
DI S. PIETRO NEL BREVE DEL S. PADRE PIO PAPA VI, CHE CONDANNA IL LIBRO: QUID EST PAPA?, BY PIUS PP. VI (GIOVANNI ANGELO BRASCHI)
320 pages,
cardboard binding, dyed paper edges, pages in a very good condition, binding with some wear, spine in cream leather with title, with an ex-libris note

18.7 x 13 x 3cm
369 grams.



Similar copy can be seen at Bavarian State Library

Pope Pius VI, who ruled the Catholic Church from 1775 until his death in 1799, strongly opposed the French Revolution and its crackdown on the Church in France. Napoleon Bonaparte's army conquered the Papal States in 1796. Pius VI refused to give up his worldly power, and for that, he was taken prisoner by the French and brought to France in 1798. He died there a year and a half later. His reign as pope lasted over 20 years, making it one of the longest in history.