Pope Pius VI
1717 CE–1799 CE · Modern · Cesena
Giovanni Angelo Braschi of Cesena reigned through the cataclysm of the French Revolution. Early on he undertook ambitious projects—draining the Pontine Marshes and adorning Rome—but his pontificate was consumed by crisis. He condemned the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1791), which subordinated the French Church to the state, and watched revolutionary France turn hostile. In 1798 French troops invaded the Papal States, proclaimed a Roman Republic, and seized the aged pope. Deported across the Alps, he died a prisoner at Valence in 1799, many believing the papacy itself might end. His captivity made him, for many Catholics, a symbol of the Church under siege.
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Cesena is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, co-capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. Roman Caesena was a garrison town, and from 754 the city formed part of the papal domains. It prospered under Malatesta rule (1379-1465), when Malatesta Novello built the Malatestiana Library, described as Europe's first public library, and Cesare Borgia made it the capital of his duchy in 1500. Popes Pius VI and Pius VII were born in Cesena, and Pius VIII served as its bishop. The Torah commentator Obadiah Sforno was born in Cesena around 1475.
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