Pope Leo XIII
Leo XIII was elected at sixty-seven and reigned for twenty-five years, until his death at ninety-three. His encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), on the condition of workers, founded modern Catholic social teaching. He renewed the study of Saint Thomas Aquinas, opened the Vatican Archives to scholars, and composed the prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel.
- Pontificate
- 20 February 1878 – 20 July 1903 (25 years, 4 months)
- Birth name
- Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci
- Born
- 2 March 1810, Carpineto Romano
- Died
- 20 July 1903, Rome
- Preceded by
- Pope Pius IX
- Succeeded by
- Pope Pius X
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