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Pope Benedict XV's papal shoes in the Bata Shoe Museum. Pope Benedict XV was a slight man. He wore the smallest of three cassocks that were prepared for the election of a new pope in 1914, and became known as "Il Piccoletto" or "The Little Man". The cassock he wore upon his election had to be quickly stitched up so it could properly fit him.
The relations between Pope Benedict XV and Judaism were marked by two significant historical events: the emigration of Eastern European Jewish communities due to World War I and to pogroms, and the development of Zionism in the Middle East and its effects on local Levantine, Greek-Catholic and Arab Christian communities.
Pope Benedict XV in his private office. This article contains a list of encyclicals of Pope Benedict XV. Pope Benedict XV issued 12 papal encyclicals during his reign ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. Head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 Pope Benedict XVI Bishop of Rome Benedict XVI in 2010 Church Catholic Church Papacy began 19 April 2005 Papacy ended 28 February 2013 Predecessor John Paul II Successor Francis Previous post(s) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002–2005 ...
This is a list for all the individuals that Pope Benedict XV (r. 1914–22) beatified throughout his pontificate; the pope beatified 46 individuals in total. No.
Ad beatissimi Apostolorum is an encyclical of Pope Benedict XV given at St. Peter's, Rome, on the Feast of All Saints on November 1, 1914, in the first year of his pontificate. The first encyclical written by Pope Benedict XV coincided with the beginning of the First World War, which he labelled "the Suicide of Civilized Europe".
The relationship between Pope Benedict XV and Russia occurred in a very special context, that of the 1917 Russian Revolution.The seizure of power by the Bolshevik revolutionaries unleashed an unprecedented wave of persecutions against the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, who were forced to cooperate during a time of distress.
Pope Benedict XV (r. 1914–1922 ) created 32 cardinals in five consistories over less than seven and a half years, with a three year gap during the worst fighting of the First World War . Nineteen of the 32 were Italian, twelve came from other European countries, and the lone non-European was Dennis Dougherty from the United States.