Pope Pius VI
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Most Influential Person Across History
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
Why Is Pope Pius VI Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Pope Pius VI was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revolution and the suppression of the Catholic Church in France that resulted from it. French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the papal army and occupied the Papal States in 1796. In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died eighteen months later in Valence. His reign of over two decades is the fifth-longest in papal history.
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