ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 29th of August WELCOME! PIUS VI., POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Giovanni Angelico Braschi was born at Cesena, December 27, 1717; elected February 15, 1775; he died at Valence, France, August 29, 1799. He was of a noble but impoverished family, and was educated at the Jesuit College of Cesena and studied law at Ferrara. After a diplomatic mission to Naples, he was appointed papal secretary and canon of St Peter's in 1755. Clement XIII appointed him treasurer of the Roman Church in 1766, and Clement XIV made him a cardinal in 1775. He then retired to the Abbey of Subiaco, of which he was commendatory abbot, until his election as Pius VI. Spain, Portugal, and France had at first combined to prevent his election, because he was believed to be a friend of the Jesuits; he was well disposed towards the order, but he dared not revoke the Bull of their suppression. Still he ordered the liberation of their general, ...