Clement XII
(Lorenzo Corsini)
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The Lofty Column
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12 July 1730 – 8 Feb.1740
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244.
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Benedict XIV
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(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini)
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A Rural Animal
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17 Aug.1740 – 3 May 1758
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245.
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Clement XIII
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(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico)
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The Rose of Umbria
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6 July 1758 – 2 Feb.1769
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246.
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Clement XIV
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(Lorenzo Ganganelli)
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The Nimble Bear
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19 May 1769 – 22 Sept.1774
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247.
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Pius VI
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(Giovanni Angelo Braschi)
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The Apostolic Wanderer
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15 Feb.1775 – 29 Aug1799
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248.
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Pius VII
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(Barnaba Chiaramonte)
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The Rapacious Eagle
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14 Mar.1800 – 20 July 1823
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249.
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Leo XII
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(Annibale della Genga)
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The Dog and the Serpent
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28 Sept.1823 – 10 Feb.1829
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250.
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Pius VIII
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(Francesca Saverio Castiglione)
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A Religious Man
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31 Mar.1829 – 30 Nov.1830
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251.
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Gregory XVI
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(Bartolommeo Cappellari)
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From Balnea in Etruria
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2 Feb.1831 – 1 June 1846
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252.
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Pius IX
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(Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti)
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Cross from a Cross
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16 June 1846 – 7 Feb.1878
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253.
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Leo XIII
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(Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci)
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Light in the Heavens
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20 Feb.1878 – 20 July 1903
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254.
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Pius X
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(Giuseppe Melchior Sarto)
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Burning Fire
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4 Aug.1903 – 20 Aug.1914
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255.
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Benedict XV
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(Giacomo della Chiesa)
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Religion Devastated
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3 Sept.1914 – 22 Jan.1922
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256.
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Pius XI
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(Achille Ratti)
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Intrepid Faith
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6 Feb.1922 – 10 Feb.1939
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257.
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Pius XII
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(Eugenio Pacelli)
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The Angelic Shepherd
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2 Mar.1939 – 9 Oct.1958
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258.
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John XXIII
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(Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli)
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The Shepherd and the Sailor
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28 Oct.1958 – 3 June 1963
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259.
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Paul VI
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(Giovanni Battista Montini)
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Flower of Flowers
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21 June 1963 – 6 Aug.1978
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260.
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John Paul I
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(Albino Luciani)
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From the Half of the Moon
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26 Aug. – 28 Sept.1978
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261.
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John Paul II
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(Karol Jozef Wojtyla)
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From the Labor of the Sun
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16 Oct.1978 - 2 April 2005
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262.
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Benedict XVI
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(Joseph Ratzinger)
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From the Glory of the Olive
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19 April 2005 – 28 Feb. 2013
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263.
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Francis I
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(Jorge Mario Bergoglio)
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Peter the Roman?
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13 March 2013 -
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In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there shall reign Peter the Roman who will feed his flock amid many tribulations, after which the seven-hilled city will be destroyed and the terrible judge will judge the people.