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Also Known As Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
Born May 13, 1792 • Senigallia • Papal States
Died February 7, 1878 (aged 85) • Rome • Italy
Title / Office pope (1846-1878)
Subjects Of Study Immaculate Conception • Ultramontanism • papal infallibility
Role In First Vatican Council

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Marble statue of Pope Pius IX kneeling in prayer in the ornate crypt of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, facing the reliquary of the Holy Crib beneath the high altar.
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