Joachim Vincent Raphæl Louis Pecci. Pope Leo XIII (2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903). “God’s Prisoner”.

Official portrait of Pope Leo XIII taken on 11 April 1878.

Author: Braun et Compagnie (1868 – 1969).

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Text from “Leo XIII. God’s Prisoner”.
Published by: “The Desert Will Flower Press”.
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“Accordingly, he was nominated by the Pope for the dignity of Titular Archbishop of Damietta on 27 January 1843, being then only thirty-three years old.

“He received Episcopal Consecration on 19 February 1843 in the historic Church in Rome of Saint Lawrence, where authentic Tradition locates the heroic Martyrdom of the 

Arch-Deacon of The Roman Church.

“This was the second time that Monsignor Pecci had not followed the usual steps through hierarchical advancement.

“He was a Monsignor before he was Ordained a Priest.

“And, now, he was an Archbishop 

before he later became a Bishop”.