Pius VII
noun
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(Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti) 1740–1823, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1800–23.
noun
1.
original name Luigi Barnaba Chiaramonti. 1740–1823, Italian ecclesiastic; pope (1800–23). He concluded a concordat with Napoleon (1801) and consecrated him as emperor of France (1804), but resisted his annexation of the Papal States (1809)
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