fme_1103744 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Quatre nouveaux saints
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Type : Médaille, Quatre nouveaux saints
Date: 1882
Metal : copper
Diameter : 43,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 40,45 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine marron, légèrement irisée. Quelques points d’usure et traces de manipulation
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEO. XIII. PONT. - MAXX. ANNO. V..
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche, signé : F. BIANCHI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CABLITVM. SANCTORVM. - HONORES. DECRETI // À L’EXERGUE : A. MDCCCLXXXII.
Reverse description : Représentation de quatre personnes (nouveaux saints) priant, agenouillées sur des nuages, une colombe radiée au-dessus et le dôme de Saint-Pierre à l’exergue.
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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