Benedict XIV., a native of Bologna, a man of marked scholarship and ability; a patron of science and literature, who did much to purify the morals and elevate the character of the clergy, and reform abuses in the Church.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Benedict * Benedict, BiscopLinks here from Chalmers
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Benedict Xiv., Pope
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