fme_847995 - VATICAN - BENEDICT XV (Giacomo Dalla Chiesa) Médaille, Promulgation du Code de droit canonique
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Type : Médaille, Promulgation du Code de droit canonique
Date: 1917
Metal : silver
Diameter : 43,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 38,40 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée, notamment au revers. Présence de quelques coups, notamment à l’avers. Rayures dans les champs de l’avers suite à un ancien nettoyage (frottements)
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENEDICTUS. XV. - PONT. MAX. A. III.
Obverse description : Buste habillé en tenue pontificale, de profil à droite, signé : BIANCHI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : NOVO. ECCLESIAE. LEGVM / CODECI. PVBLICATO.
Reverse description : Le pontife debout, devant le trône, entouré des cardinaux, remet un exemplaire du nouveau code au secrétaire d’État.
Historical background
VATICAN - BENEDICT XV (Giacomo Dalla Chiesa)
(03/09/1914-22/01/1922)
Successor of Pius X, Giacomo Dalla Chiesa was elected pope under the name of Benedict XV on September 3, 1914. His pontificate coincided with the First World War during which he showed intense diplomatic activity. It is also marked by the promulgation of the new Code of Canon Law, an important step in the centralization of papal power. He died on January 22, 1922.
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