Benedict XV

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POPE BENEDICT XV

Official name : Giacomo della Chiesa
Nationality : Italy

Born : November 21, 1854
Deceased : January 22, 1922

Archbishop of Bologna, 1907-1914
Cardinal 1914
Pope 1914-1922

Archbishop of Bologna

Pope

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Origin/meaning

Benedict XV used the arms of his family, showing a Canting church under a Chief of the Empire (Capo dell'Imperio). This later indicated that the Family was supporter of the Holy Roman Empire an specifically the Hohenstaufen dynasty called in Italian History Ghibellines.