Pope
Pope Clement XIV
Pope from 1769 to 1774
Pope Clement XIV, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1769–1774.
Background
Pope Clement XIV, under heavy pressure from the Catholic monarchies, issued the brief Dominus ac Redemptor in 1773 suppressing the Society of Jesus; it would be restored in 1814.
Summary
Pope Clement XIV, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 1769–1774.
Papacy began
1769
Papacy ended
1774
Birth name
Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli
