Ernesti refers to the round of cardinals who elected Pope Pius VII in 1800 with a view to an extremely long conclave. They met on December 1, 1799, and did not disperse until March 14, 1800.

Pope Francis took one last ride in a Mercedes before death. History of the 'popemobile.' One of the first motorized popemobiles was a black Graham-Paige Type 837, gifted to Pope Pius XI in 1929.

Pope Pius VII was born in Cesena, just 9 miles from the Adriatic Sea in what was then part of the Papal States. (Original Caption) Napoleon and Pope Pius VII at Fountainbloeaus , 1809.

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 was sold at auction on Sunday outside Paris for 26,360 euros ($30,000), the auctioneer said. French ...

Pope Pius IX, the last of the popes with temporal power over the Papal States, continued a smallpox vaccination campaign begun by Pope Pius VII and offered a small financial reward to those who ...