fme_960796 - ITALY - PAPAL STATES - LEO XIII (Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci) Médaille, Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
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Type : Médaille, Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 47 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 49,98 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène. Traces de nettoyage, notamment visible dans les champs. Beaux reliefs au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : FUNDATOR CONGREGATIONIS FRATRUM SCHOLARUM CHRISTIANARUM. - S. JOANNES BAPTISTA / DE LA SALLE.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et auréolé de Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle de face. Signé : JOHNSON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SIGNVM FIDEI // IO. BAPTISTA. DE LA SALLE / PATER. LEGIFER / SODALIUM. A. SCHOL. CHRISTIANIS. / QUEM. LEO. XIII. P. M. / IX. RAL. IUN. ANNO. IOBELAEI. MAGNI / VIRTUTIBUS / MULTISO. IN REM. CATH. MERITIS / INSIGNEM / COMMUNI. OMNIUM. LAETITA / COELITUM. SANCTORUM / HONORIBUS. AUXIT.
Reverse description : Légende en 12 lignes.
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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