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Pope Leo XIII

Born

in Carpineto, Italy

March 02, 1810

Died

July 20, 1903

Genre

Religion, Catholicism

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Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, reigned as Pope from 20 February 1878 to his death in 1903. He was the oldest pope (reigning until the age of 93), and had the third longest pontificate, behind that of Pope Pius IX (his immediate predecessor) and John Paul II. He was the most recent pontiff to date to take the pontifical name of "Leo" upon being elected to the pontificate until 2025.

He is well known for his intellectualism, the development of social teachings with his famous papal encyclical [Book: Rerum novarum] and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. He influenced Roman Catholic Mariology and promoted bot ...more

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	Rerum Novarum: Encyclical Letter - Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour 4.42 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 1891	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aeterni Patris 4.42 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1879 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pope and the Freemasons: The Letter "Humanum Genus" of the Pope, Leo XIII, against Free-Masonry and the Spirit of the Age 4.58 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1892 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Study of Sacred Scripture: Encyclical Letter Providentissimus Deus 4.65 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1893 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Libertas: On the Nature of Human Liberty 4.74 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1888 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immortale Dei: On the Christian Constitution of States 4.39 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1885 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, 1878-1903: Or a Light in the Heavens 4.36 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arcanum Divinae 4.73 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diuturnum Illud: On the Origins of Civil Power 4.65 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1881 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quod Apostolici Muneris- On Socialism 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor.”
― Pope Leo XIII

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“Nothing is more useful than to look upon the world as it really is, and at the same time to seek elsewhere...for the solace to its troubles.”
― Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum: On the Condition of the Working Classes

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“The world has heard enough of the so-called 'rights of man.' Let it hear something of the rights of God.”
― Pope Leo XIII

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