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  1. On the evening of 17 August 1740 at around 9:00 pm, on the 255th ballot, he was elected pope and took the throne name of Benedict XIV in honour of Pope Benedict XIII to whom he owed his ecclesiastical career. [29] He was solemnly crowned by the protodeacon on 21 August 1740.

  2. Apr 17, 2024 · Role In: Chinese Rites Controversy. Benedict XIV (born March 31, 1675, Bologna, Papal States [Italy]—died May 3, 1758, Rome) pope from 1740 to 1758. His intelligence and moderation won praise even among deprecators of the Roman Catholic Church at a time when it was beset by criticism from the philosophers of the Enlightenment and its ...

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  4. He was made Bishop of Ancona in 1727 and cardinal April 30, 1728. He was transferred to the Archbishopric of Bologna in April, 1731, in succession to Lorenzo Corsini who had become pope as Clement XII. Benedict XIV is best known to history as a student and a scholar.

  5. May 9, 2018 · Philosophy and Religion. Roman Catholic Popes and Antipopes. Benedict XIV (Pope) (1675–1758; Reigned 1740–1758) views 2,744,998 updated May 09 2018. BENEDICT XIV (POPE) (1675 – 1758; reigned 1740 – 1758), Italian pope.

  6. Pope Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini in 1675, ascended to the papacy in 1740, marking the beginning of one of the most enlightened pontificates of the 18th century. He was the 247th leader of the Catholic Church and the 14th pope to take the name “Benedict.”. His tenure as pope is celebrated for its intellectual rigor ...

  7. Benedict XIV 247th Pope of the Catholic Church

  8. Dec 31, 2022 · Dec. 31, 2022. Benedict XVI helped run the Roman Catholic Church long before his election as pope. For much of the decades-long papacy of his predecessor and mentor, John Paul II,...

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