Live auction - fme_1118912 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini) Médaille, Fermeture de la Porte Sainte de la Basilique Saint-Pau
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Fermeture de la Porte Sainte de la Basilique Saint-Pau
Date: 1750
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 25,22 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation. Coups sur les bordures et la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENEDICTO. XIV. PONT. MAX. ANNO XI. SEDENTE.
Obverse description : La Porte Sainte fermée par une croix rayonnée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BENEDICTO. XIV. PONT. MAX. ANNO XI. SEDENTE.
Reverse description : Légende en 6 lignes dans une couronne de palme.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini)
(17/08/1740-3/05/1758)
Benedict XIV (1675-1758) succeeded Clement XII after a Sede Vacante of more than six months (February 6 - August 17, 1740). He was a great builder. He restored many monuments in Rome and Bologna where he was from. During the jubilee year in 1750, he excommunicated the Freemasons by the bull "Providas". Benedict XIV, a great scholar, established the ritual for beatifications and canonizations. He was also the defender of the Indians in America who suffered from bad treatment..
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