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The French took over Ancona and Loreto. He saw them as a strong group that could stand against the new ideas of the French Revolution. Those who chafed under his conscientious economies cunningly induced Pope Clement XIV to create him cardinal-priest of Sant' Onofrio on April 26, 1773 - a promotion which rendered him for the time innocuous.

Besides facing dissatisfaction with this temporizing policy, Pius met with practical protests tending to the limitation of papal authority. This conflict was resolved later.

Pius VI's body was moved from Valence on December 24, 1801. He had received the support of the ministers of the Crowns and the anti-Jesuit party upon a tacit understanding that he would continue the action of Clement, by whose brief Dominus ac redemptor (1773) the dissolution of the Society of Jesus had been pronounced.

His time as Pope lasted over two decades, making it one of the longest in history.

Pius VI strongly disagreed with the French Revolution and how it affected the Church in France. Here the social and ecclesiastical reforms undertaken by Joseph II[?] and his minister Kaunitz touched the supremacy of Rome so nearly that in the hope of staying them Pius adopted the exceptional course of visiting Vienna in person.

Upon his refusal he was taken prisoner, and on February 20 was escorted from the Vatican to Siena, and thence to the Certosa[?] near Florence. This meant Pope Pius VI had a difficult task ahead, trying to please both sides.

Cardinal Braschi was elected Pope on February 15, 1775. In 1758 he was raised to the prelature, and in 1766 to the treasurership of the apostolic chamber[?] by Pope Clement XIII.

Pius VI was a great supporter of the arts and learning. His entourage insisted for some time that his last wishes were to be buried in Rome, then behind the Austrian lines. The French declaration of war against Tuscany led to his removal by way of Parma, Piacenza, Turin and Grenoble to the citadel of Valence, where he died six weeks later, on August 29, 1799.

In November 1789, he created the first American diocese, the Diocese of Baltimore.

During his time as Pope, Pius VI appointed 73 new cardinals. In 1755, he became a priest (canon) at St. Peter's Basilica.

In 1758, Braschi became a priest. In 1796Napoleon I invaded Italy, defeated the papal troops and occupied Ancona and Loreto. In 1758 he was raised to the prelature, and in 1766 to the treasurership of the apostolic chamber by Pope Clement XIII.

Those who suffered under his conscientious economies cunningly convinced Pope Clement XIV to make him cardinal-priest of Sant' Onofrio on April 26, 1773 - a promotion which rendered him, for a time, innocuous. His remains were placed in an old marble coffin. He believed these events were against God's plan and a plot against the Church. As a result of these complications Pius was led into a series of half measures which gave little satisfaction to either party: although it is perhaps largely due to him that the order was able to escape shipwreck in White Russia and Silesia; at but one juncture did he even seriously consider its universal re-establishment, namely in 1792, as a bulwark against revolutionary ideas.

As a result of these complications Pius was led into a series of half measures which gave little satisfaction to either party: although it is perhaps largely due to him that the order was able to escape shipwreck in White Russia and Silesia; at but one juncture did he even seriously consider its universal re-establishment, namely in 1792, as a bulwark against revolutionary ideas.

He was the oldest of eight children.

He studied at the Jesuit college in Cesena.