Pope Pius VI (Italian: Pio VI; born Count Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Giovanni Antonio called Giovanni Angelo or Giannangelo Braschi, 25 December 1717 – 29 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from …

Pius VI (born December 25, 1717, Cesena, Papal States—died August 29, 1799, Valence, France) was an Italian pope (1775–99) whose tragic pontificate was the longest of the 18th century. Braschi held various papal administrative positions before being …

Pius VI 250th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 15,22.II.1775: End Pontificate: 29.VIII.1799: Secular Name: Giannangelo Braschi: Birth: Cesena: Brief Quoties animo (13 August 1799) [ Italian] Bull Cum Nos superiori (Florence, 13 November 1798) [ Italian] Brief ...

Pius VI (GIOVANNI ANGELICO BRASCHI), POPE, b. at Cesena, December 27, 1717; elected February 15, 1775; d. at Valence, France, August 29, 1799. He was of a noble but impoverished family, and was educated at the Jesuit College of Cesena and studied law at Ferrara.

Born at Cesena, 27 December, 1717; elected 15 February, 1775; died at Valence, France, 29 Aug., 1799. He was of a noble but impoverished family, and was educated at the Jesuit College of Cesena and studied law at Ferrara. After a diplomatic mission to Naples, he was appointed papal secretary and canon of St. Peter's in 1755.

Pope Pius VI, born Giovanni Angelo Braschi, led the Catholic Church between 1775 and 1799. He witnessed the dramatic upheavals of the French Revolution and its aftermath, which would reshape the political and religious landscape of Europe.

Pope Pius VI (Latin: Pius Sextus; 25 December, 1717 – 29 August 1799), born Giovanni Angelo Braschi, was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 251st Pope from 1775 to 1799. [1] Pope Clement XIII named him treasurer of the Roman Church in 1766. [2]

PIUS VI, POPE Pontificate: Feb. 15, 1775, to Aug. 29, 1799; b. Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Cesena, Italy, Dec. 25, 1717. His pontificate was the longest and most dramatic of the eighteenth century. Source for information on Pius VI, Pope: New Catholic Encyclopedia dictionary.

The Holy See Pontiffs Pius VI [ AR - DE - EN - ES - FR - IT - PT] Pius VI 250th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 15,22.II.1775: End Pontificate: 29.VIII.1799: Secular Name: Giannangelo Braschi: Birth: Cesena ...

Born at Cesena, 27 December, 1717; elected 15 February, 1775; died at Valence, France, 29 Aug., 1799. He was of a noble but impoverished family, and was educated at the Jesuit College of Cesena and studied law at Ferrara. After a diplomatic mission to Naples, he was appointed papal secretary and canon of St. Peter's in 1755.