pius vii Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823)
    Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti; Barnaba Chiaramonti.

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