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Noun: Barnaba Chiaramonti
  1. Italian pope from 1800 to 1823 who was humiliated by Napoleon and taken prisoner in 1809; he concluded a concordat with Napoleon and crowned him emperor of France; he returned to Rome in 1814 (1740-1823)
    - Pope Pius VII, Pius VII, Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti

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

Encyclopedia: Barnaba Chiaramonti