fme_1124962 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Porte Sainte
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Type : Médaille, Porte Sainte
Date: 1900
Mint name / Town : Italie, Rome
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BIANCHI
Weight : 12,87 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène noircie, avec des traces d’usure, rayures, et légèrement irisée
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEO XIII PONT - MAX AN XXII.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du pape Léon XIII.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENITE ADME OMNES - HAEC EST PORTA DOMINI.
Reverse description : Christ (?) nimbé de face, derrière un autel.
Commentary
Curieusement le droit et daté de la 22e année du pontificat (1899) et le revers est daté de 1900...
Léon XIII, né Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (2 mars 1810 - 20 juillet 1903), est le 256e pape de l'Église catholique (nom latin : Leo XIII ; nom italien : Leone XIII). Ayant succédé au pape Pie IX le 20 février 1878, il règne jusqu'à sa mort en 1903. Il est enterré en la basilique du Latran. Léon XIII est essentiellement connu pour son encyclique Rerum Novarum, publiée en 1891, première encyclique sociale..
Curiously, the obverse is dated the 22nd year of the pontificate (1899) and the reverse is dated 1900... Leo XIII, born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (March 2, 1810 - July 20, 1903), was the 256th Pope of the Catholic Church (Latin name: Leo XIII; Italian name: Leone XIII). Having succeeded Pope Pius IX on February 20, 1878, he reigned until his death in 1903. He is buried in the Lateran Basilica. Leo XIII is primarily known for his encyclical Rerum Novarum, published in 1891, the first social encyclical.
Léon XIII, né Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (2 mars 1810 - 20 juillet 1903), est le 256e pape de l'Église catholique (nom latin : Leo XIII ; nom italien : Leone XIII). Ayant succédé au pape Pie IX le 20 février 1878, il règne jusqu'à sa mort en 1903. Il est enterré en la basilique du Latran. Léon XIII est essentiellement connu pour son encyclique Rerum Novarum, publiée en 1891, première encyclique sociale..
Curiously, the obverse is dated the 22nd year of the pontificate (1899) and the reverse is dated 1900... Leo XIII, born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (March 2, 1810 - July 20, 1903), was the 256th Pope of the Catholic Church (Latin name: Leo XIII; Italian name: Leone XIII). Having succeeded Pope Pius IX on February 20, 1878, he reigned until his death in 1903. He is buried in the Lateran Basilica. Leo XIII is primarily known for his encyclical Rerum Novarum, published in 1891, the first social encyclical.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci)
(20/2/1878-20/7/1903)
Of Sienese origin, Leo XIII was nuncio in Brussels, bishop of Perugia, then cardinal from 1853. He became pope on February 20, 1878 following a conclave that lasted only two days. Quite liberal and attentive to the changes of his time, he was a skilful diplomat and reestablished diplomatic relations with Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Russia. On the social level, he denounced the excesses of capitalism and committed himself to defending the workers. He also remains the one who opened up the Vatican archives to researchers..
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