Pope Pius VI

Pius VI’s long pontificate ended in tragedy. French revolutionary armies occupied Rome in 1798, proclaimed a republic and carried the eighty-one-year-old pope into France as a prisoner. He died at Valence in August 1799, and some predicted he would be the last pope.

Pontificate

15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799 (24 years, 6 months)

Birth name

Giovanni Angelo Braschi

Born

25 December 1717, Cesena

Died

29 August 1799, Valence

Preceded by

Pope Clement XIV

Succeeded by

Pope Pius VII

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