Country ** Exonumia ** (Medal - Vatican) Pius IX (Pope 1846-1878)
Type: Medal
Date: 1871
Composition: Bronze
Weight: 33.5 g
Diameter: 43.5 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Shape: Round
Grade: AU
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: Montenegro# 285; Wurzbach# 7550
Médaille commémorant les vingt-cinq ans de Pontificat de Pius IX.
Avers:
Buste large du Pape de profil à gauche, légende autour et nom du graveur sous le buste.
Lettrage:
PIVS•IX•PONT• MAX•AN•XXVI•
BIANCHI
Graveur:
Giuseppe Bianchi.
Revers:
Le pape Pie IX à genoux devant le Christ qui, accompagné de Saint Pierre à droite, l'invite à s'asseoir sur le trône papal. Nom du graveur dessous.
Lettrage:
BIANCHI
XXV ANNIS REGNAVIT FECITQ QUOD RECTUM ERAT
REG III
Tranche:
Lisse.
Obverse:
Large bust of Pius IX facing to left, legend around and the engraver's name under the bust.
Lettering:
PIVS•IX•PONT• MAX•AN•XXVI•
BIANCHI
Engraver:
Ignazio Bianchi.
Reverse:
Pope Pius IX kneeling before Christ who, accompanied by Saint Peter on the right, invites him to sit on the papal throne. Engraver's name below.
Lettering:
BIANCHI
XXV ANNIS REGNAVIT FECITQ QUOD RECTUM ERAT
REG III
Edge:
Plain.
Comment:
-Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest papal reign. After starting as a liberal he reversed positions and strongly condemned liberalism. He was notable for convoking the Vatican Council in 1868 and for permanently losing papal control of the Papal States in 1870 to the Kingdom of Italy . He refused to leave Vatican City, declaring himself a "prisoner of the Vatican". His diplomacy mixes many failures with some successes such as Austria-Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Canada, Tuscany, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, El Salvador, and Haiti.
In his encyclical Ubi primum he emphasized Mary's role in salvation. In 1854, he promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, articulating a long-held Catholic belief that Mary, the Mother of God, was conceived without original sin. His 1864 Syllabus of Errors was a strong condemnation against liberalism, modernism, moral relativism, secularization, and separation of church and state. Pius definitively reaffirmed Catholic teaching in favor of the establishment of the Catholic faith as the state religion where possible. His appeal for financial support resulted in the successful revival of donations known as Peter's Pence. He centralized power in the church in the Holy See and Roman Curia, while also clearly defining the Pope's doctrinal authority. His chief legacy is the dogma of papal infallibility. Pope John Paul II proclaimed him Venerable on 6 July 1985 and beatified him on 3 September 2000. Pius IX was assigned the liturgical feast day of 7 February, the date of his death.
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Riferimento : Montenegro# 285; Wurzbach# 7550
Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
Collezione : Médailles & Objets Liturgiques