Pope Pius IX

Blessed Pope Pius IX was born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti and was the longest reigning pope in Church history after St Peter, 1846 to 1878. His reign saw the unification of Italy, the fall of the Papal States and occupation of Rome, the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal infallibility and the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. His is also famous for his "Syllabus of Errors" which condemned the liberal trends of the modern world.

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