Leo XIII
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(Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci) 1810–1903, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1878–1903.
noun
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original name Gioacchino Pecci. 1810–1903, pope (1878–1903). His many important encyclicals include Rerum novarum (1891) on the need for Roman Catholics to take action on various social problems
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