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Noun: Gioacchino Pecci
  1. Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars
    - Pope Leo XIII, Leo XIII, Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci

Type of: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ

Encyclopedia: Gioacchino Pecci