Biographical dossier

Pope Pius VIII

Pope Pius VIII is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q4443
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q4443
Wikidata ID
Q4443
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
AD 1761–AD 1830
Birth anchor
Cingoli (AD 1761)
Death anchor
Rome (AD 1830)
HPI
81.36659411471486

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1761 and AD 1830. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Cingoli (AD 1761). Death: Rome (AD 1830).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 15.10166958259075.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?