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Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1740 until his death in1758. Perhaps one of the greatest scholars in Christendom, yet often overlooked, he promoted scientific learning, the baroque arts, reinvigoration of Thomism, and the study of the human form. Firmly established with great devotion and adherence to the Council of Trent and authentic Catholic teaching, Benedict removed changes previously made to the Breviary, sought to peacefully reverse growing secularism in certain European courts, invigorated ceremonies with great pomp, and throughout his life and his reign, published numerous theological treatises.
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08/17/1740-Prospero Lambertini elected as Pope Benedict XIV
06/30/1741-Pope Benedict XIV issues encyclical Quanta Cura (Forbidding Traffic in Alms)
01/11/1753-Ferdinand VI of Spain and Pope Benedict XIV sign concord 
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Roman Catholic Popes:

Innocent VIII (1484-1492): Pope from 29 August 1484 to his death in 1492. Born into a prominent Genoese family he entered the church and was made bishop in 1467 befor...
Alexander VI (1492-1503): Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 11 August 1492 until his death. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, partl...
Pius III (1503): the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 22 September 1503 to his death on 18 October 1503. He had one of the shortest pontificates in pa...
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 Mentions (5)
Caesar Baronius
...commenced and he has the title of Servant of God. Pope Benedict XIV conferred upon him the title of Venerable but...
Giuseppe Bianchini
...historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV, who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him...
Giovanni Paolo Panini
...Panini also painted portraits, including one of Pope Benedict XIV.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
...Foscarini, the Venetian ambassador of the new Pope Benedict XIV. He resided in the Palazzo Venezia and studied under...
Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand
...Louis XV and this appointment was approved by pope Benedict XIV in March 1741. He left for Canada that same year on...
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17581758, May 3

Domenti IIIunknown1704
 
17411741
 Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (twice, from 1704-1725 and 1739-1741) for the Orthodox Church of G...
Zacharias [1]unknown1734
 
1741unknown
 Metropolitan of Athens (1734-1741)* Orthodox Church of Greece
Melchior de Polignac1661, Oct 111683
 
17421742, Nov 20
 a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. During the last years of Louis XIV, Abbé de Poli...
Johannes Steuchius1676, Jan 31730
 
17421742, Jun 21
  Archbishop of Uppsala in the Lutheran Swedish Church from 1730 to his death in 1742. He was born...
Andre-Hercule de Fleury1653, Jun 22/261679
 
17431743, Jan 29
 a French cardinal who served as the chief minister of Louis XV. He was sent to Paris as a child t...
Lancelot Blackburne1658, Dec 101680
 
17431743, Mar 23
 an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. He w...
Eric Benzelius the Younger1675, Jan 71742
 
 
17431743, Sep 23
 a priest, theologian, librarian, bishop of Linköping, 1731-1742 and Archbishop of Uppsala, Swede...
Neophytus VIunknown1734
 
1744unknown
 Ecumenical Patriarch (1734-1740, 1743-1744), restored* Church of Constantinople
Nikoloz VIIunknown1742
 
 
1744unknown
 Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (1742-1744) for the Orthodox Church of Georgia.
Christodoulosunknown1718
 
1745unknown
 Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1718-1745)* Ethiopian Church
Ioasaph IIunknown1718
 
1745unknown
 Archbishop of Ohrid (1718-1745)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
Abraham Rozanesunknown1720
 
1745unknown
 Chief Rabbi (1720-1745)* Ottoman Empire
Ignatius Shukr Allah IIunknown1723
 
1745unknown
 Patriarch of Antioch and All the East (1723-1745)* Syrian Orthodox Church
Pope John XVIIunknown1727
 
17451745, Apr 20
 the 105th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church fr...
Iosifunknown1742
 
 
1745unknown
 Metropolitan of Moscow (1742-1745)* Russian Orthodox Church
Nikodimunknown1742
 
 
1745unknown
 Metropolitan of St. Petersburg (1742-1745)* Russian Orthodox Church
Neophytos IIIunknown1745
 
 
1745unknown
 Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1745-1745)* Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Joanikije III Karadzaunknown1739
 
1746unknown
 Patriarch (1739-1746)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Nikiphorosunknown1728
 
1747unknown
 Archbishop of Sinai (1728-1747)* Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
Raphailunknown1731
 
1747unknown
 Metropolitan of Kiev (1731-1747)* Ukrainian Orthodox Church
John Potter1674 ca1737
 
17471747, Oct 10
 the Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England from 1737-1747. He was the son of a linen...
Jacob Benzeliusunknown1744
 
 
1747unknown
 Archbishop of Uppsala (1744-1747)* Lutheran Swedish Church
Arsenije IV Jovanovic Sakabenta16981725
 
17481748, Jan 18
 the Patriarch of Serbs from 1725 to 1737 and Metropolitan of Karlovci from 1737 to his death in 1...
Jonas Fahleniusunknown1734
 
1748unknown
 Bishop of Turku (1734-1748)* Lutheran Finish Church
Cyril Vunknown174801757
 
1748017571775, Jul 27
 was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from 1748 to 1751 and from 1752 to 175...
Kosmas IIIunknown1730
 
1749unknown
 Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria for the Greek Orthodox Church (1736-1746). He was a highly educa...
Nikitasunknown1740
 
1749unknown
 Metropolitan of Durrë (1740-1749)* Orthodox Church of Albania
Isaija Antonovicunknown1748
 
 
1749unknown
 Metropolitan of Karlovci (1748-1749)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Feodosyunknown1745
 
 
1750unknown
 Metropolitan of St. Petersburg (1745-1750)* Russian Orthodox Church
Lazar Iunknown1737
 
1751unknown
 Catholicose of All Armenian (1737-1751)*
Anthimos IIunknown1739
 
1751unknown
 Metropolitan of Turnovo (1739-1751)* Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Iosiphunknown1746
 
 
1752unknown
 Archbishop of Ohrid (1746-1752)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
Gavrilo II Sarajevacunknown1752
 
 
1752unknown
 Patriarch (1752-1752)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Neophytos Iunknown1738
 
1753unknown
 Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia (1738-1753)* Romanian Orthodox Church
Ferdinand Konscak1703, Dec 21746
 
 
17531759, Sep 10
 a Jesuit missionary, explorer, and cartographer. In 1729, Konscak left for Cádiz in Spain, then ...
Minas Iunknown1751
 
 
1753unknown
 Catholicose of All Armenian (1751-1753)*
Dionysios IIIunknown1752
 
 
1753unknown
 Archbishop of Ohrid (1752-1753)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
Mahmud I1696, Aug 21730
 
17541754, Dec 13
  Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1730 to 1754...
Platon Iunknown1745
 
 
1754unknown
 Metropolitan of Moscow (1745-1754)* Russian Orthodox Church
Johan Browallius17071737
 
17551755
  a Finnish and Swedish Lutheran theologian, physicist, botanist and one-time friend of Swedish ta...
Alek'sandr IIunknown1753
 
 
1755unknown
 Catholicose of All Armenian (1753-1755)*
Sahak Vunknown1755
 
 
1755unknown
 Catholicose of All Armenian (1755-0)*
Aaron Hart16701692
 
17561756
 the first chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1...
Simon Awad16831708
 
17561756, Feb 12
 the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1743 to his death in 1756, remembered as an Arab writer. I...
Paisius IIunknown1712
 
17561756, Dec 11
 was Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople for four times (1726-1732; 1740-1743; 1...
Syedna Ibrahim Wajiuddinunknown1738
 
17561756
 was the 39th Dai of Dawoodi Bohra (Shia Islam). He succeeded the 38th Dai Syedna Ismail Badruddin...
Anthimos VIunknown1741
 
 
1756unknown
 Metropolitan of Athens (1741-1756)* Orthodox Church of Greece
Iosiphunknown1753
 
 
1756unknown
 Archbishop of Ohrid (1753-1756)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
Ignacije Szentmartony1718, Oct 281753
 
 
17561793, Apr 15
 a Croatian Jesuit priest, missionary, mathematician, astronomer and explorer. After graduating fr...
Vikentije Stefanovicunknown1754
 
 
1756unknown
 Patriarch (1754-1756)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Kelzang Gyatso17081720
 
17571757
 the 7th Dalai Lama for the Gelug (Yellow Hat Buddhism) of Tibet. Kelzang Gyatso was born in Litha...
Luvsandambiydonmiunknown1724
 
1757unknown
 1724-1757, Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolia; Buddhism
Thomas Herring16931737
 
17571757, Mar 23
 Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England from 1747 to 1757. Herring became a close frie...
Callinicus IV17131740
 
17571791
 was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for a few months in 1757 and a writer and scholar. Cal...
Richard Mudge17181741
 
 
17571763, Apr
 an English clergyman and composer of the late baroque period. Mudge became curate of the villages...
Timotheiunknown1748
 
 
1757unknown
 Metropolitan of Kiev (1748-1757)* Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Ilarion of Krutitsyunknown1754
 
 
1757unknown
 Metropolitan of Moscow (1754-1757)* Russian Orthodox Church
Osman III1699, Jan 2/31754
 
 
17571757, Oct 30
 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1754 to 1757. His brief...
Dionysios IIIunknown1756
 
 
1757unknown
 Archbishop of Ohrid (1756-1757)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
Pajsije II Grkunknown1756
 
 
1757unknown
 Patriarch (1756-1757)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Mikael Iunknown1737
 
1758unknown
 Catholicose of Cilicia (1737-1758)* Armenian Apostolic Church
Henric Benzelius1689, Aug 71747
 
17581758, May 20
 he was Bishop of Lund from 1744 to 1747, and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1...
Gavrilo III Nikolinunknown1752
 
1758unknown
 Patriarch (1752-1754; 1757-1758)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Matthew Hutton1693, Jan 31757
 
17581758, Mar 18
 a high churchman in the Church of England, serving as Archbishop of York (1747–1757) and Archbi...
Philotheos [2]unknown1734
 
1759unknown
 Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1734-1745)* Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Konstantios Iunknown1748
 
1759unknown
 Archbishop of Sinai (1748-1759)* Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
Methodios IIunknown1757
 
1759unknown
 Archbishop of Ohrid (1757-1759)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
King George II1683, Oct 301727
 
17601760, Oct 25
 King of Great Britain and Ireland, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Duke of Brunswick-L...
Anthimos Iunknown1749
 
1760unknown
 Metropolitan of Durrë (1749-1760)* Orthodox Church of Albania
Philaretos Iunknown1753
 
1760unknown
 Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia (1753-1760)* Romanian Orthodox Church
Athanasios IIIunknown1756
 
1760unknown
 Metropolitan of Athens (1756-1760)* Orthodox Church of Greece
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille1713, Dec 281730
 
17611762, Mar 21
 a French astronomer and priest. His desire to determine the distances of the planets trigonometri...
Serapheim II1690s ca1750
 
17611781/82
  Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople from 1757 until 1761. Seraphim II was born...
Silvestrunknown1750
 
1761unknown
 Metropolitan of St. Petersburg (1750-1761)* Russian Orthodox Church
Nathaniel Bliss1700, Nov 281742
 
17621764, Sep 2
 an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Britain's fourth Astronomer Royal between 1...
Salomon Hayim Alfandariunknown1745
 
1762unknown
 Chief Rabbi (1745-1762)* Ottoman Empire
Nerses Vunknown1706
 
1763unknown
 (anti-catholicos) Catholicose of Aluank' (1706-1763)*
Joannicius III1700 ca1747
 
17631793
  Archbishop of Pec and Patriarch of the Serbs from 1739 to 1746 and Ecumenical Patriarch of Const...
Samuel Troilius1706, May 221734
 
17641764, Jan 18
  the Archbishop of Uppsala for the Lutheran Swedish Church from 1758 to his death. He was born in...
Theophilosunknown1751
 
1764unknown
 Metropolitan of Turnovo (1751-1764)* Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Iosebunknown1755
 
17641770
 Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (Dec 1755 - 1764) for the Orthodox Church of Georgia.
Edward Wigglesworth1693 ca1710
 
17651765
 a clergyman, teacher and theologian in Colonial America. His father was clergyman and author Mich...
Silvestros Iunknown1724
 
1766unknown
 Patriarch (1724-1766)* Patriarchate of Antioch
Parthenios I [2]unknown1737
 
1766unknown
 Patriarch (1737-1766)* Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Petrus Johannes Meindaertsunknown1739
 
1767unknown
 Archbishop of Utrecht (1739-1767)*Old Catholicism: Church of Utrecht
Timofeyunknown1757
 
1767unknown
 Metropolitan of Moscow (1757-1767)* Russian Orthodox Church
Pavle Nenadovic1703, Jan 141726
 
17681768, Aug 15
 the Metropolitan of Karlovci from 1749 to 1768 for the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born in Bu...
Laurence Sterne1713, Nov 241737
 
17681768, Mar 18
 an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opin...
Ignatius George IIIunknown1745
 
1768unknown
 Patriarch of Antioch and All the East (1745-1768)* Syrian Orthodox Church
Matthaios Psaltisunknown1740
 
1769unknown
 Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria for the Greek Orthodox Church (1746-1766). He was born on the is...
Pope Mark VIIunknown1745
 
17691769, May 18
 the 106th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church. P...
Meletius IIunknown1750
 
1769unknown
 a Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (for the Church of Constantinople) during the period 176...
Jean-Antoine Nollet1700, Nov 191728
 
17701770, Apr 25
 a French clergyman and physicist. He joined the Royal Society of London in 1734 and later became ...
George Whitefield1714, Dec 161732
 
17701770, Sep 30
 an English Anglican cleric who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement....
Yoannisunknown1747
 
1770unknown
 Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1747-1770)* Ethiopian Church
Arseniy Iunknown1757
 
1770unknown
 Metropolitan of Kiev (1757-1770)* Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Mustafa III1717, Jan 18/281757
 
17741774, Jan 21
  the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. He was a son of Sultan Ahmed III ...
Eliyya XII Dinkhaunknown1722
 
1778unknown
 Patriarch (1722-1778)*Assyrian Church of the East
Lobsang Palden Yeshe17381738
 
17801780
 the sixth Panchen Lama of the Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) Buddhism of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet ...
Shimoun XV Maqdassiunknown1740
 
1780unknown
 Patriarch (1740-1780)*Assyrian Church of the East
Syedna Hebatullah al-Moayyad Fiddinunknown1756
 
1780unknown
 Islam; Dai al-Mutlaq Leader (1756-1780)* Dawoodi Bohra
Jose Francisco de Isla1703, Apr 241722
 
17811781, Nov 2
 a Spanish Jesuit, celebrated as a preacher and a humorist and satirist of the stamp of Miguel de ...
John Witherspoon1723, Feb 51745
 
17811794, Nov 15
  a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence a...
Mojsije II Putnik17281757
 
17811790
 0 (1781-1790)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Gabriel of Kiev17081736
 
17831783, Aug 8
 the ruling bishop of a number of dioceses of the Church of Russia. Successively, he served as Bis...
Carl Fredrik Mennander1712, Jul 191757
 
17861786, May 22
 the Bishop of Turku, Finland, from 1757–1775 and then Archbishop of Uppsala in the Lutheran Fin...
Anton I1720 , Oct 171744
 
17881788, Mar 1
 the Catholicos–Patriarch of Iberia for the Orthodox Church of Georgia in the period 1744–1755...
Maximilian Hell1720, May 151756
 
17891792, Apr 14
  a Hungarian astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary. Hell became th...
John Wesley1703, Jun 171726
 
17901791, Mar 2
 an Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefie...
Lyman Hall1724, Apr 121749
 
17901790, Oct 19
  physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independen...
Pope Pius VI1717, Dec 251755
 
17991799, Aug 29
  the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 15 February 1775 to his death in 1799. Pius VI conde...
Francisco Dominguez1740 ca1757
 
18001804 ca
 One of the leaders of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition, a journey under a commission from the S...
Jakob Gadolin1719, Oct 241753
 
18021802, Sep 26
 a Finnish Lutheran bishop, professor of physics and theology, politician and statesman. In 1736, ...
Gideon Hawley1727, Nov 51752
 
18071807, Oct 3
 a missionary to the Iroquois Indians in Massachusetts and on the Susquehanna River in New York. H...
Jacob Bailey1731, Apr 161755
 
18081808, Jul 26
 an author and clergyman of the Church of England, active in New England and Nova Scotia. Bailey w...
Jane Wardleyunknown1747
 
1810unknown
 also known as Mother Jane Wardley is the founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ's S...
Pope Pius VII1742, Aug 141756
 
18231823, Aug 20
 the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in 1823. Chiaramonti was a...
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