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Biography of Benedict XIV
Name: Benedict XIV
Birth Date: March 31, 1675
Death Date: May 3, 1758
Place of Birth: Bologna, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: pope
Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758) was one of the most eminent popes of his century and considered by his contemporaries one of Europe's leading learned minds of the day. His 17-year pontificate was remarkable for several advancements in canon law, in which he was an expert, and reforms that revealed his scholarly, progressive mind. When he was still a cardinal, he wrote a treatise on parapsychological phenomena that helped establish firm guidelines for the canonization of saints.Bolognese HeritageBorn Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini in the city of Bologna on March 31, 1675, the future Pope Benedict XIV was the son of a senator, Marcello Lambertini, in that city. The Lambertinis were an esteemed family in Bologna but, by the time of this second son's birth, had suffered financial hardships because of flooding on their estates. A promising student at an early age, Benedict went to Rome at the age of 13 in 1688 to study at the …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…XIV/Who, though an absolute Prince/reigned as harmlessly/as a Doge of Venice./He restored the luster of the Tiara/by those arts alone/by which He attained it,/his Virtues./Beloved by Papists/esteemed by Protestants:/a priest without insolence or interest;/a Prince without favourites,/a Pope without nepotism;/an Author without vanity;/in short a Man/whom neither Wit nor Power/could spoil."The Son of a favourite Minister,/but One who never courted a Prince/nor worshipped a Churchman,/offers in this free Protestant Country/This deserved Incense/to the Best of the Roman Pontiffs." Further Reading Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume II, Robert Appleton Company, 1907, Online Edition, 2002.Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, fifth edition, Gale, 2001.Haynes, Renée, Philosopher King: The Humanist Pope Benedict XIV, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970."A quo primum," Papal Library website,http://papal-library.saint-mike.org/BenedictXIV/Encyclicals/A_Quo_Primum.html (March 3, 2002).
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