Pope Pius VII

Pius VII, O.S.B., born Giorgio Barnaba Luigi Chiaramonti (August 14, 1740 – August 20, 1823), was Pope from March 14, 1800 to August 20, 1823.

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Chiaramonti was born at Cesena into a noble Italian family. He was educated in Ravenna before joining the Benedictine order in 1756 to continue his studies. He then became a teacher within the order. His career became a series of swift promotions following the election of a family friend, Giovanni Braschi, as Pope Pius VI. Pius appointed him abbot of San Callisto in Rome in 1776 and after making him a bishop made him a cardinal in February 1785.

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