Eight original engravings published in The Graphic magazine of February 16, 1878 relating to the death of Pope Pius IX - see below

Good condition - see scans. Related and unrelated text to the reverse. Page size 11 x 16 inches.

These are original antique prints and not reproductions. Great collectors items for the historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for mailing

Pope Blessed Pius IX
Bishop of Rome
Photograph by Adolphe Braun, 1875
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	16 June 1846
Papacy ended	7 February 1878
Predecessor	Gregory XVI
Successor	Leo XIII
Orders
Ordination	10 April 1819 by Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata
Consecration	3 June 1827 by Francesco Saverio Castiglioni
Created cardinal	23 December 1839 (in pectore) 14 December 1840 (revealed) by Gregory XVI
Personal details
Born	Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti 13 May 1792 Senigallia, Marche, Papal States
Died	7 February 1878 (aged 85) Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post(s)	Auditor to Chile and Peru(1823–1825) Head of the Hospital of San Michele (1825–1827) Canon of Santa Maria in Via Lata (1825–1827) Archbishop of Spoleto (1827–1832) Archbishop (personal title) of Imola (1832–1846) Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (1840–1846)
Motto	Crux de Cruce^[1]
Signature
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	7 February
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Title as Saint	Blessed
Beatified	3 September 2000 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Attributes	Papal vestments Papal tiara
Patronage	Pius Seminary of Rome^[2] Senigallia^[3] Diocese of Senigallia^[3] First Vatican Council
Other popes named Pius

Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX, Pio Nono; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti;^[a] 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican Council in 1868 and for permanently losing control of the Papal States in 1870 to the Kingdom of Italy. Thereafter, he refused to leave Vatican City, declaring himself a "prisoner of the Vatican".

At the time of his election, he was seen as a champion of liberalism and reform, but the Revolutions of 1848 decisively reversed his policies. Upon the assassination of his Prime Minister Rossi, Pius escaped Rome and excommunicated all participants in the short-lived Roman Republic. After its suppression by the French army and his return in 1850, his policies and doctrinal pronouncements became increasingly conservative, seeking to stem the revolutionary tide.

In his 1849 encyclical Ubi primum, he emphasized Mary's role in salvation.^[4] In 1854, he promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, articulating a long-held Catholic belief that Mary, the Mother of God, was conceived without original sin. His 1864 Syllabus of Errors was a strong condemnation against liberalism, modernism, moral relativism, secularization, separation of church and state, and other Enlightenment ideas. Pius definitively reaffirmed Catholic teaching in favor of the establishment of the Catholic faith as the state religion where possible. His appeal for financial support resulted in the successful revival of donations known as Peter's Pence. He centralized power in the church in the Holy See and Roman Curia, while also clearly defining the Pope's doctrinal authority. His chief legacy is the dogma of papal infallibility. Pope John Paul II beatified him in 2000.