page_title: Pope Leo XII
section_title: Cardinal
hierarchical_section_title: Pope Leo XII / Biography / Cardinal
caption_attribution_description: Български: “Гран Гала Берлин” (1826-1841) е луксозна папска каляска, използвана от двама папи - Лео XII и Грегории XVI. Снимка от Ватиканските музеи, Рим
context_page_description: Pope Leo XII, born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States 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 was unpopular and provoked widespread discontent within the Papal States.
  As a young prelate he was suspected of having had a liaison with the wife of a soldier of Swiss Guard, and as nuncio in Germany he allegedly fathered three illegitimate children.
context_section_description: In 1814 della Genga was chosen to carry Pope Pius VII's congratulations to Louis XVIII of France upon his restoration.
  On 8 March 1816 he was created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere and he received his red zucchetto on 11 March and his titular church on 29 April 1816. Later he was appointed as the Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and appointed to the episcopal see of Sinigaglia, which he resigned in 1818 due to health reasons. He resigned without ever having entered his archdiocese.
  On 9 May 1820, Pope Pius VII gave him the distinguished post of Vicar-General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome.
caption: "The Grand Gala Berlin" is luxury carriage constructed in Rome during the first half of the nineteenth century, is an order of the States of the Church during the reign of two pontiffs: Leo XII, in the years 1824–1826, and Gregory XVI, who requested some important modifications. The carriage was used for five solemn festive occasions in the year.
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