Sunday, March 15, 2009

Pope Pius IX Death Mask


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Pope Pius IX (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was Pope from June 16, 1846 until his death. His was the longest reign in Church history, lasting 32 years. He defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, which decreed that Mary, mother of Jesus, was conceived without original sin, and that she she had lived a life completely free of sin.


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