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E-auction 257-180336 - fme_442569 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Fête de l’Immaculée Conception

ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Fête de l’Immaculée Conception VF
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Estimate : 45 €
Price : 8 €
Maximum bid : 8 €
End of the sale : 19 March 2018 18:57:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Médaille, Fête de l’Immaculée Conception
Date: 1854
Mint name / Town : Italie, Rome
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,9 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Frappe molle et usure marquée, avec une patine brune et homogène

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEONE XIII PONT MASS/ ROMA.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du pape Léon XIII.

Reverse


Reverse legend : B. V. MARIA - IMMACVLATA.
Reverse description : Vierge dans les nuages, avec la date 1854 à l’exergue.

Commentary


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..

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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