LEO XIII

(February 20, 1878 — July 20, 1903)

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • ANNO • I •

(in exergue:) F • BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.

DEO • AVCTORE • ECCLESIAE • VNIVERSAE • RECTOR • DATVS • X • KAL • MART • A(nno) • MDCCCLXXXVIII

Election of Pope Leo XIII, February 20, 1878. His coat-of-arms (stemma), surmounted by Papal tiara (triregnum) and crossed keys..

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Mazio-Jencius, 772.
Bartolotti E878.

	Æ LEO • XIII • PONT • \| MAX • AN • II (in exergue:) BIANCHI Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.
	GENS • ET • REGNVM • \| QVOD • NON • SERVIERIT • MIHI • PERIBIT (in exergue:) MDCCCLXXIX Allegorical figure wearing papal tiara (representing The Church) with a large cross in l., a book in r., seated on clouds.. Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917). Mazio-Jencius, 775. Bartolotti E879.

	Æ LEO • XIII • PONT • \| MAX • ANNO • III • F•BIANCHI Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.
	THOMAE • AQVIN • \| DOCTRINA • IN • PRISTINVM • DECVS • RESTITVTA (in exergue:) RENOVATVM • DIVINAE \| HVMANAEQVE • SCIENTAE \| FOEDVS St.Thomas of Aquino (1225?-1274), standing facing, extending his arms to figures carrying books, representing Divine Knowledge (with a cross) and Human Knowledge. Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917). Bartolotti E880 Mazio, 780.

	AG LEO • XIII • PONT • \| MAX • AN • IV • F•BIANCHI Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.
	IVVENTUTI • RELIGIONE • ET • BONIS • ARTIBVS • INSTITVENDAE (in exergue:) PARATA • IN • VRBE \| SCHOLAR • SVBSIDIA \| MDCCCXXXI Allegorical figure representing The Church, offering aid to young students, 1881. Creation of the Scuola di Belle Arti. Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917). Bartolotti E881. Mazio, 784.

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • ANNO •V •

F•BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

The Church offering educational aid to Roman youth

CAELESTIVM • SANCTORVM • | HONORAS • DECRETI

(in exergue:) A • MDCCCXXXII

Four saints kneeling before the Holy Spirit.
{Canonization ceremony]

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E882.
Mazio, 787.

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • ANNO •VII •

F•BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

(in exergue:) PORTICV

Northern transept entrance to St. John Lateran, with loggia of benediction, the extension to the portico at r..

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E884.
Mazio, 794.

Lateran Basilica, loggia of benediction

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44 mm

LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • AN • VIII

(in exergue:) F. BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.

Three allegorical figures in clouds, one with a trumpet (at left), one with a shield (center), the third with a wreath (at right). A putto in front of them, with a tablet.

Commemorates the opening of the Vatican Secret Archives to scholars.

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti, E 885.

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44 mm

LEO • XIII • PONT • MAX • AN IX

(beneath bust:) BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

Rev:

(in exergue) CELLAM • MAXIMAM • BASIL • LATER • | AMPLIARI • ORNARIQVE • IVBET

AN • MDCCCLXXXVII •

The pope, standing before his throne, in the presence of his courtiers, giving instructions to his architects, Virginio and Francesco Vespignani, for the rebuilding of the apse of the Lateran Basilica..

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E889
Mazio, 804.

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30 mm

LEO • XIII • PONT • MAX • AN X • MDCCCLXXXVII

(beneath bust:) BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

AN • L • A • CONSECR • SACERDOTALI • LEONIS • XIII • P • M

KAL • IAN • MDCCCLXXXVIII

A Cross with rays of light on a base of clouds.

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44 mm

LEO • XIII • PONT • MAX • AN X I

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

Inscription:

"The College of Cardinals, in homage and congratulations, to their Best of Lords Leo XIII, Supreme Pontiff,
as he successfully completes fifty years priesthood in the greatest happiness of the catholic world."
Gioacchino Pecci was ordained priest by Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi on December 31, 1837: Francesco
Di Domenico, Vita e ponteficato di Leone XIII 2nd edizione (Nalpoli 1903) 22. Julien de Narfon,
Pope Leo XIII (London 1899) 53-57

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27 mm

• LEO • XIII PONT • MAX • ANNO X • MDCCCLXXXVII

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

A star with rays above the inscription.

AE

Obv:

LEO . XIII . PONT . | MAX . AN . XIII

F. Bianchi

Bust of the pope, facing left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

Rev:

TV • VINDICE • DEVS • VINCVLA • CORRVANT • AS • LIBERTATEM | APOSTOLICAE POTESTATIS

(in exergue) A • MDCCCXC | F. BIANCHI

St. Peter, seated, facing, in chains.

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E890.
Mazio-Jencius, 818.

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Obv:

LEO . XIII . PONT . | MAX . AN . XV

Bust of the pope, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

Rev:

IVS DOMINI IVS OPERARIAE VRBIS ASSERTVM |
IV . MAII . MDCCCXCI

Allegorical figure of the Church (center), with a Cross, assisted by two figures (SS. Peter & Paul?) (r.), distributing its riches to two poor people (l.) Encyclical Rerum Novarum

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E892.
Mazio-Jencius, 825.

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Obv:

LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • AN • XVI

Bust of the pope, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

Rev:

QVINQVAGENNALIBVS • EPISCOPALIS • CONSECRATIONIS

XIX . FEB . MDCCCXLIII

Cardinal Lambruschini, in full Mass vestments and miter, seated on a faldstool, at left, consecrating Bishop Pecci, kneeling before him vested in a cope. Attendant at right, carrying an episcopal crozier.

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E893
Mazio, 828.

Msgr. Gioacchino Pecci was consecrated Bishop of Damietta in partibus infidelium (Tamiathis) on February 19, 1843, in the Church of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna in Rome by Luigi Cardinal Lambruschini, with Bishops Fabio Asquini and Giuseppe Castellani as co-consecrators.

	AG LEO • XIII • PONT • \| MAX • AN • XVIII (below bust:) BIANCHI Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta and stole.
	ALVMNIS • MAGNI • BENEDICTI • IN • SPEM • VETERIS • GLORIAE \| INSTITVENDIS (in exergue:) CONLEGIVM ANSELMIANVM \| IN AVENTINO \| MDCCCLXXXXV . The Church of S. Anselmo on the Aventine (completed 1900) and the Benedictine Seminary (built 1892-1896). Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917). Bartolotti E895. Mazio, 832.

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • AN • XIX

(below bust:) BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta and stole.

FIET • VNVM • OVILE • ET • VNVS • PASTOR

(in exergue:) MDCCCXCVI .

Christ on clouds with his left foot on the Globe, with a banner reading VNVS | DOM | IN | VS. The inscription is from John 10. 16.

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).

Mazio, 836.

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • AN • XXII

(in exergue:) BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.

VENITE • AD • ME • OMNES | HAEC • EST • PORTA • DOMINI

(in exergue:) AN • MCM

The Holy Door, Christ with arms outstretched in the clouds above.

The Porta Santa is the door between the Portico and Narthex of the Basilica of St. Peter, at the far right (north) of the central portal. It is normally closed (walled up, in earlier centuries), but is opened on the occasion of a Jubilee or Holy Year. There are similar Holy Doors at the other pilgrimage churches, S. Giovanni Laterano, S. Paolo fuori le Mure, and S. Maria Maggiore. .

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).

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32 mm

LEONE XIII PONT MASS | ROMA

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

ANNVS • SACER • | ROMAE • AN • MDCCCC

Ceremony of the Opening of the Holy Door, Christmas 1899: the Pope, surrounded by the papal court, prepares to knock out the first brick with a hammer.

[a souvenir of the Holy Year, not a papal medal]

	AG 43 mm LEO•XIII•P•O•M•AETATIS•SVAE •A•XC•SEXT•NON•MART•MDCCCC Bust of the pope, r., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole. [ celebrates the Pope's 90th birthday, March 2, 1900.]
	(on a ribbon beneath the central group:) VICIT LEO DE TRIBV JUDA (in exergue:) ST CROCE LANCELOT A Lion standing upon the earthly globe, trampling on serpents, looking to r. heavenwards to the Holy Spirit among clouds. On the globe is an outline of continents and some names, including MAROC, SENEGAL, ASIA, BOMBAY, PACIFIC, etc. .

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • AN •XXIV

(beneath bust:) BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.

SEPVLCRVM INNOCENTIO III |
BAS LATERANO RESTITVTVM

The Tomb of Pope Innocent III, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E901.
Mazio, 850.

	Æ LEO • XIII • PONT • \| MAX • AN •XXV (beneath bust:) BIANCHI Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.
	PASTOR BONVS ANIMAM SVAM \| DAT PRO OVIBVS The Good Shepherd, shepherd's crook in right hand, with his sheep, carrying a lamb on his shoulders. [John 10. 14] Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917). Mazio, -.

	AG LEO • XIII • PONT • \| MAX • AN •XXV (beneath bust:) BIANCHI Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara (triregnum) and cope.
	ET • SUPER • HANC • PETRAM • AEDIFICABO • ECCLESIAM • (and in exergue:) MEAM St. Peter, with a halo, seated on a throne, holding the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven in raised right hand, supporting a book with his left. Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917). Bartolotti, E902 Mazio-Jencius, 856.

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LEO • XIII • PONT • | MAX • AN •XXVI

(beneath bust:) BIANCHI

Bust of the pope, l., wearing zucchetto, mozetta, and stole.

+ SPIRITV SANCTO INSPIRATI LOCVTI SVNT SANCTI DEI HOMINES

Six saints in the clouds of heaven, looking up to the Holy Spirit [2 Peter 1. 21]

Engraver: Francesco Bianchi (1842-1917).
Bartolotti E903.
Mazio, 857.

For a list and identification of the annual medals of Leo XIII, see Francesco di Domenico, Vita e pontificato di Leone XIII 2nd edition (Napoli 1903), 259-261 and 323-324.