Pope Leo XII

Pope Leo XII (; 22 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola Sermattei della Genga, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 253rd Pope from 1823 to 1829. "List of Popes,"  Catholic Encyclopedia (2009); retrieved 2011-11-8.

Life
Della Genga was born in a family of Papal States nobility."Pope Leo XII", Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-8.

Priest
Della Genga was ordained as a priest in 1783.

Pope Pius VII made him his private secretary.

Bishop
In 1793, he was made Archbishop of Tyre; and he was sent as papal nuncio to Lucerne.

He was the papal nuncio in Cologne between 1794 and 1805.

After 1805, he retired to the abbey of Monticelli near Florence.

Cardinal
Tn 1816, Pius VII created him  cardinal. 

In 1820, Cardinal della Genga became Vicar-General of Rome.

Pope
Cardinal della Genga was elected pope 1n September 1823.Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (1839). "Leo XII", Penny cyclopaedia,  Vol. 13, p. 428.

Related pages
 List of popes

References

Other websites

  "Leo XII", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911
  Catholic Hierarchy, Pope Leo XII
  Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church , Cardinal della Genga 

Category:Italian popes
Category:1760 births
Category:1829 deaths