22 September 1774 A.D. Clement XIV (Lorenzo Ganganelli) Dies—Rome’s 249th Senior Presbyter
22 September 1774 A.D. Clement XIV (Lorenzo Ganganelli) Dies—Rome’s 249 th Senior Presbyter; His Election Involved Base Intriques, Interferences & Unwanted Pressures; the Enemies—Gallicanism, Jansenism, Febronianism, & Rationalism in France, Spain, Naples, Portugal, & Parma (Not to Mention Protestant Lands); Jesuits Repressed in France, Spain & Portugal Wilhelm, Joseph. "Pope Clement XIV." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04034a.htm . Accessed 3 Oct 2014. Pope Clement XIV (LORENZO—or GIOVANNI VINCENZO ANTONIO—GANGANELLI). Born at Sant’ Arcangelo, near Rimini , 31 October, 1705; died at Rome , 22 September, 1774. At the death of Clement XIII the Church was in dire distress. Gallicanism and Jansenism , Febroniani...