fme_886945 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille de sacerdoce
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Type : Médaille de sacerdoce
Date: 1888
Mint name / Town : Italie, Rome
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,76 g.
Edge : Lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, présentant les traces d’un ancien nettoyage. De l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEO.XIII - PONT.MAX..
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du pape Léon XIII, signé : BIANCHI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .AN. L. A. CONSECR. SACERDOTALI. LEONIS. XIII. P. M / KAL. IAN. MDCCCLXXXVIII.
Reverse description : Croix posée sur des nuages.
Historical background
ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci)
(20/2/1878-20/7/1903)
Of Sienese origin, Leo XIII was nuncio in Brussels, bishop of Perugia, then cardinal from 1853. He became pope on February 20, 1878 following a conclave that lasted only two days. Quite liberal and attentive to the changes of his time, he was a skilful diplomat and reestablished diplomatic relations with Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Russia. On the social level, he denounced the excesses of capitalism and committed himself to defending the workers. He also remains the one who opened up the Vatican archives to researchers..
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