fme_792883 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini) Médaille, Seigneur et maître
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Type : Médaille, Seigneur et maître
Date: n.d.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,93 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec du rouge de frappe encore visible. Légère usure
Obverse
Obverse legend : BENED. XIV - PONT. M. A. I.
Obverse description : Buste habillé à droite, signé : O. M.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TV. DOMINVS. ET. MAGISTER. // À L’EXERGUE : EXEMPL. DEDI / .VOBIS..
Reverse description : Le Christ lavant les pieds de saint Pierre.
Reverse translation : Ton seigneur et maître.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - BENEDICT XIV (Prospero Lambertini)
(17/08/1740-3/05/1758)
Benedict XIV (1675-1758) succeeded Clement XII after a Sede Vacante of more than six months (February 6 - August 17, 1740). He was a great builder. He restored many monuments in Rome and Bologna where he was from. During the jubilee year in 1750, he excommunicated the Freemasons by the bull "Providas". Benedict XIV, a great scholar, established the ritual for beatifications and canonizations. He was also the defender of the Indians in America who suffered from bad treatment..
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