At the death of Pope Gregory XVI…
June 1846 CE
At the death of Pope Gregory XVI in June 1846, the election of Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti as Pope Pius IX on June 16 augurs well for the Papal States, his nomination being the result of anti-Austrian feeling in the Curia.
In the beginning of his reign, he shows liberal sympathies and grants amnesty to political prisoners.
He will gradually remove the most reactionary prelates from important government posts, and permit the publication of political periodicals.
He will reign for thirty-one-and-a-half years (the longest definitely confirmed).
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