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In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner and transported to France. He died eighteen months later in Valence. His reign of more than twenty-four years is the fifth-longest in papal history. He was also the longest-serving pope of the Papal States."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 December 1717","date":"1717-12-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Cesena","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6662"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 August 1799","date":"1799-08-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Valence","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8848"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Papal States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170174"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867","start":"1758"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Ferrara","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955609"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (15 February 1775 – 29 August 1799)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1775-02-15","end":"1799-08-29"},{"text":"cardinal (since 26 April 1773)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1773-04-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Pius VI born?","a":"Pope Pius VI was born on 25 December 1717 in Cesena."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Pius VI held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Pius VI include: Pope (1775–1799); cardinal (since 26 April 1773)."},{"q":"Where did Pope Pius VI study?","a":"Pope Pius VI was educated at University of Ferrara."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-pius-vi-80ccfd0b34.jpg","width":500,"height":696,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Pompeo Batoni","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeo_Batoni_-_Ritratto_di_Papa_Pio_VI_(National_Gallery_of_Ireland).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Pius VI","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q128019","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128019","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pompeo Batoni - Ritratto di Papa Pio VI (National Gallery of Ireland).jpg by Pompeo Batoni (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompeo_Batoni_-_Ritratto_di_Papa_Pio_VI_(National_Gallery_of_Ireland).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Pius VI, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pompeo Batoni - Ritratto di Papa Pio VI (National Gallery of Ireland).jpg — Pompeo Batoni, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Pius VI\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-vi. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-vi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-vi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-vi?lang=ne"}}