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Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
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Papal conclave meeting after Leo XIII's death Chromolithograph of Pope Leo XIII, who served as head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903.
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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
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Pope Leo XIII seated in formal papal robes and cape, wearing a cross necklace, facing forward, in a black and white portrait from 1878.
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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Pope Leo XIII
Leo XIII served as pope from 1878 to 1903.
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Papal conclave meeting after Leo XIII's death
Conclave of cardinals meeting to elect the new pope after the death of Leo XIII,...
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Chromolithograph of Pope Leo XIII, who served as head of the Roman Catholic Church...
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