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E-auction 598-565244 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Léon XIII, prière à Marie

ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Léon XIII, prière à Marie XF
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Type : Médaille, Léon XIII, prière à Marie
Date: 1878
Metal : brass
Diameter : 35,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,82 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patin hétérogène, nombreuses taches noires d’oxydation, rayures. Coups sur la tranche

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEO XIII - PONT MAX - 20 FEB 1878.
Obverse description : Buste de Léon XIII de profil gauche coiffé.

Reverse


Reverse legend : MARIE CONCUE SANS PECHE PRIEZ POUR NOUS / QUI AVONS RECOURS A TOUS // 1830.
Reverse description : Représentation de la Vierge Marie, debout, de face, les bras écartés.

Commentary


Diamètre sans la bélière : 39,50 mm.
La date de 1830 fait probablement référence à l’apparition de la Vierge à Catherine Labouré dans la chapelle Notre Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse rue du Bac à Paris.

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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