Author:Benedict XV

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Benedict XV
(1854–1922)

Pope from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922; he succeeded Pope Pius X (1903–14)

Benedict XV

Works[edit]

Encyclicals[edit]

No. Title (Latin) Title English translation) Subject Date
1. Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum Appealing For Peace 1 November 1914
2. Humani Generis Redemptionem On Preaching the Word of God 15 June 1917
3. Quod Iam Diu On the Future Peace Conference 1 December 1918
4. In Hac Tanta On St. Boniface 14 May 1919
5. Paterno Iam Diu On the Children of Central Europe 24 November 1919
6. Pacem, Dei Munus Pulcherrimum On Peace and Christian Reconciliation 23 May 1920
7. Spiritus Paraclitus On St. Jerome 15 September 1920
8. Principi Apostolorum Petro On St. Ephram the Syrian 5 October 1920
9. Annus Iam Plenus On Children in Central Europe 1 December 1920
10. Sacra Propediem On the Third Order of St. Francis 6 January 1921
11. In Praeclara Summorum On Dante 30 April 1921
12. Fausto Appetente Die On St. Dominic 29 June 1921

Motu proprios[edit]

Works about Benedict XV[edit]

  • "Pope Benedict XV," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
  • New York newspaper with the front-page headline "Pope Benedict XV is dead", followed by a later edition headlined "Pope has remarkable recovery."
  • Peters, Walter H. The Life of Benedict XV. 1959. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company.
  • Daughters of St. Paul. "Popes of the Twentieth Century". 1983. Pauline Books and Media
  • Pollard, John F. "The Unknown Pope". 1999. London: Geoffrey Chapman
  • de Dreuzy, Agnes The Holy See and the Emergence of the Modern Middle East:Benedict XV's Diplomacy in Greater Syria (1914-1922) 2016. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2016.

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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