fme_1118684 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini) Médaille, Fermeture de la Porte Sainte
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Type : Médaille, Fermeture de la Porte Sainte
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,24 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, rayures et taches d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
BARTOLOTTIE.750
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENED. XIV. PONT. M. AN. X. IVB..
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MDCCL.
Reverse description : Le Pontife assisté de la Cour ferme la Porte Sainte.
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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