Pape Pius IX
Blessed Pape Pius IX (Laitin: Pius IX; 13 Mey 1792 – 7 Februar 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, wis the heid o the Roman Catholic Church frae 16 Juin 1846 tae his daith in 1878. He wis the langest-reignin electit pape in the history o the Catholic Kirk — totallin nearly 32 year. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Cooncil in 1869, which decreed papal infallibility, but the cooncil wis cut short in 1870.
| Blessed Pape Pius IX | |
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| Installed | 16 Juin 1846 |
| Term endit | 7 Februar 1878 |
| Predecessor | Gregory XVI |
| Successor | Leo XIII |
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| Ordination | 10 Aprile 1819 |
| Consecration | 3 Juin 1827 bi Pape Pius VIII |
| Creatit Cardinal | 14 December 1840 bi Pape Gregory XVI |
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| Birth name | Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti |
| Born | 13 Mey 1792 Senigallia, Marche, Papal States |
| Deed | 7 Februar 1878 (aged 85) Apostolic Palace, Roum, Italy |
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| Feast day | 7 Februar |
| Teetle as Saunt | Blessed |
| Beatified | 3 September 2000 Saunt Peter's Square, Vatican Ceety bi Pape John Paul II |
| Ither papes named Pius | |