Pope Leo XII
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Pope Leo XII |
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| Papacy began | 28 September 1823 |
| Papacy ended | 10 February 1829 |
| Predecessor | Pius VII |
| Successor | Pius VIII |
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| Ordination | 4 June 1783 by Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil |
| Consecration | 24 February 1794 by Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart of York |
| Created Cardinal | 8 March 1816 by Pius VII |
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| Birth name | Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga |
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22 August 1760 Genga, Papal States |
| Died | 10 February 1829 (aged 68) Rome, Papal States |
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Papal styles of Pope Leo XII |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | None |
Pope Leo XII (22 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga,
pronunciation reigned as Pope from 28 September 1823 to his death in 1829.
Leo XII was in ill health from the time of his election to the papacy to his death less than 6 years later, although he was noted for enduring pain well. He was a deeply conservative ruler, who enforced many controversial laws, including one forbidding Jews to own property. Papal finances were also poor, even though he reduced taxes. As a result, Leo XII's reign of the Papal States was unpopular and provoked widespread discontent.
Della Genga was born in 1760 to a noble family from La Genga, a small town in what is now the province of Ancona, then part of the Papal States. He was born as the sixth of ten children to Flavio della Genga and Maria Luisa Periberti di Fabriano. He was the brother of Filippo della Genga. He was born at the Castello della Genga in the territory of Spoleto. He was educated at the Accademia dei Nobili Ecclesiastici at Rome, where he was ordained priest in 1783. In 1790 the attractive and articulate della Genga attracted favourable attention by a tactful oration commemorative of the late Emperor Joseph II.
He was the uncle of Gabriele della Genga Sermattei who in the 19th century was the only nephew of a pope to be elevated to cardinal.
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