Pius VII (pope)
1742 – 1823 Italian Pope (1800-1823)
Pope who crowned Napoleon, then was imprisoned by him, and outlasted him.
- Religion
- Catholic; Bishop of Rome
- Affiliations
- The papacy; Benedictine order
Pius VII rebuilt the Church after the Revolution, signing the Concordat of 1801 with Napoleon that restored Catholic worship in France. He traveled to Paris for Napoleon's coronation in 1804, but Napoleon crowned himself. When the pope refused to join his war measures, Napoleon annexed the Papal States and held Pius prisoner from 1809 to 1814. Pius outlived Napoleon's empire and returned to Rome in triumph.
In the timeline
- 1801 Napoleon and Pius VII sign the Concordat central figure
- 1804 Pius VII attends Napoleon's imperial coronation central figure
- 1814 Restoration of the Society of Jesus mentioned
- 1814 Restoration of the Jesuits mentioned