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Benedict XV - Papa della Chiesa

3 September 1914 - 22 January 1922

Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa born on 21 November 1854 in Genoa, Pegli, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
Ordained to the priesthood on 21 December 1878.
Consecrated a bishop on
22 December 1907. Motto: In Te Domine Speravi, Non Confundar In Aeternum.
Created a Cardinal by Pius X on 25 May 1914.
He died of pneumonia on 22 January 1922.