The Pope Who Outsmarted Napoleon (Servant of God, Pope Pius VII)
Episode 17 · January 29th, 2019 · 16 mins 1 sec
About this Episode
The pope we’re talking about today was mild-mannered and monkish on the outside, but tough as nails on the inside. He’s went toe to toe with the tiny tyrant for 10 years, and was imprisoned for 6 of them. Never one to let the Church be bullied, he returned the papacy to the respect it deserved, after decades of being drug through the proverbial mud. One of my personal favorites, Pope Pius VII.
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Diu Satis (On a Return to Gospel Principles) (Letter of Pius VII to the world's bishops)
Pope Pius VII (Catholic Encyclopedia)
Servant of God, Pope Pius VII (Popes in a Year - Flocknote)