BARNABA CHIARAMONTI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823)

Synonyms:

Barnaba Chiaramonti; Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti; Pius VII

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

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