Clement XIV

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Noun1.Clement XIV - Italian pope from 1769 to 1774 who lost whatever support remained of Catholic Europe, causing the church to fall into the hands of secular princes (1705-1774)
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Finally, the monarchies had convinced Pope Clement XIV to "put out of existence" the Society of Jesus.
when Pope Clement XIV on July 21, 1773, with a single stroke dissolved
This has been a part of the museums' mandate since the 1.8th century, when Popes Clement XIV and Pius VI became some of the first European rulers to open their collections to the public.
In 1773, Pope Clement XIV issued an order suppressing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits.
Sotheby's suggests that the ram may have been restored by Francesco Antonio Franzoni (1734-1818), a specialist hired by Pope Clement XIV and Pius VI to work on the animal figures now in the Sala degli Animali at the Vatican.
With the Papal Brief Dominus ac Redemptor of 21 July 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, after they had been expelled from many countries in Western Europe in 1767.
The outcome of this was the brief Dominus ac Redemptor decreed by Clement XIV in 1773, suppressing the Jesuit Order.
Another cardinal suggested Clement XV, to counter Clement XIV, who suppressed the Jesuit order.
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