Leo XII (1823 - 1829)
by Anura Guruge
1/ 996: End of Germanic Gregory V’s (#139) 2.75 year reign.
2/ 1527: Clement VII’s (#220) first cardinal creating consistory, 3.6 years after becoming pope, at which he created the first 5 of the total of 33 cardinals he would go onto create in 14 consistories over the next 6.5 years.
3/ 1758: End of Benedict XIV’s (#248) 17.7 year reign.
4/ 1824: Leo XII’s (#253) first cardinal creating consistory, 6 month after becoming pope, at which he created the first 2 of the total of 25 cardinals he would go onto create in 8 consistories over the next 5 years. [The blue-blood Leo XII's birth name was Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga.]
5/ 1858: Pius IX’s (#256) Amantissimi Redemptoris encyclical on Priests and the Care of Souls.
6/ 1932: Pius XI’s (#260) Caritate Christi Compulsi encyclical on clerical reform.
5/ & 6/ above kindly provided by L. Fitzclarence, of Boston.
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