1. Pius IX
Pius IX (1792-1878) Pius IX was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1846. ... He fled Rome in 1848 when revolutionists made the city a republic. ... In 1854, Pius defined the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary as an article of Roman Catholic dogma. ... His power wasn't so limited though, papal infallibility is still a law in the Roman Catholic church. ... In the mid-1800's, Pope Pius IX took steps to uphold the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
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