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New page: '''Pope Benedict XV''' was born Giacomo della Chiesa, of a noble Italian family, in 1854. Ordained at the age of 24, he became secretary to the Papal embassy in Spain in 1883. He becam...
'''Pope Benedict XV''' was born Giacomo della Chiesa, of a noble Italian family, in 1854. Ordained at the age of 24, he became secretary to the Papal embassy in [[Spain]] in 1883. He became a [[bishop]] in 1900, [[Archbishop]] of [[Bologna]] in 1907 and [[cardinal]] in May 1914. He was elected [[Pope]] on September 3rd 1914, to succeed [[Pope Pius X]]. He died in 1922.
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