Election of Pope Leo XIII.

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Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian pope (1878-1903), named Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Election of Pope Leo XIII. Preliminaries for the celebration of the conclave in the Vatican. Blocking up of doorways and windows in The Raphael's Rooms (Stanze di Raffaello) to seclude the conclave area from the rest of the Vatican. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

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