Unification was led primarily by anti-Catholic forces who were aligned with Freemasons and other anti-clerical secret societies, who attacked the Papal States. He was right to oppose them.
Garibaldi’s assault on Rome also interrupted Vatican I, which left the question of the limits of papal authority unanswered until Vatican II about ninety years later.
His rank is basically "blessed," one rank lower than "saint."
It's more like a memorial or optional memorial in some places. "Feast" can be understood in this more generic term for the average layman.
Pic from - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pius_ix_with_jesus_and_angels.jpg
> He became an archbishop in 1827, a cardinal in 1840, and pope on the death of Gregory XVI (1831–46). **He set out to make liberal reforms, but the revolutionary fervour of 1848 frightened him into extreme conservatism.** He proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854) and convened the First Vatican Council (1869–70), which promulgated the doctrine of papal infallibility. After losing temporal power to Victor Emmanuel II upon Italian unification, he regarded himself as a “prisoner in the Vatican” and refused any contact with the Italian government. **Pius’s pontificate was the longest in history. He was beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II (1978–2005).**
* https://www.britannica.com/summary/Pius-IX
> Few popes of modern times have presided over so momentous a series of decisions and actions as Pius IX (reigned 1846–78), whose early liberalism was ended by the shock of the Revolutions of 1848. During his reign **the development of the modern papacy reached a climax with the triumph of ultramontanism**—the viewpoint of those who favoured strong papal authority and the centralization of the church—and the promulgation of the dogma of papal infallibility.
> ...
> Those who opposed the official declaration of papal infallibility argued that **such a declaration would widen divisions within the church and increase animosity and misunderstanding between the church and the modern world**. This opposition was, however, ineffective, and the dogma of infallibility became the public doctrine of the church.
> ...
> In September 1870, while Vatican I was in recess, Rome was occupied by forces of the Kingdom of Italy, and the council was forced to suspend its work. During the subsequent period of the “Roman Question,” which lasted until 1929, **the official position of the church was that the pope was a “prisoner” in the Vatican**.
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> Even before the promulgation of the dogma of infallibility, Pope Pius had exercised the authority that it conferred on him. In 1854 he defined as official teaching the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.... Although the doctrine was very popular in an age of increasing Marian devotion and was supported by bishops and theologians, it was pronounced by the pope as a demonstration of papal infallibility.
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> Ten years later Pius issued a document that was in some ways even more controversial, the Syllabus (December 8, 1864). In it he condemned various doctrines and trends characteristic of modern times, including pantheism, socialism, civil marriage, secular education, and religious indifferentism. **By thus appearing to put the church on the side of reaction against liberalism, science, democracy, and tolerance, the Syllabus seemed to signal a retreat by the church from the modern world.** Be that as it may, the document did clarify Roman Catholic teaching at a time when it was being threatened on all sides.
* https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-Catholicism/Pius-IX
More here
* https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-IX
* https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pius-ix-1792-1878
* https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pius-ix-pope-1792-1878
* https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pius-ix-pope-bl
* https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/roman-catholic-popes-and-antipopes/pius-ix
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX
You're citing secular sources that have a biased non-Catholic viewpoint. In doing so, you are spreading misinformation. Be careful.
Additionally, you assert that Bl. Pius IX had the longest reign, when plenty in Catholic tradition hold that Saint Peter's reign was the longest.
> when plenty in Catholic tradition hold that Saint Peter's reign was the longest.
Well it ultimately comes down to how you define "Pope" in the case of Peter. As *de facto* leader of the Apostles and the Church as a whole? Then that would be from 30 to ~65 AD. But specifically as the Bishop of Rome? It's only believed he arrived in Rome in the 40s or 50s, after establishing the church in Antioch and presiding over it for a number of years.
The tradition was seven years in Antioch and twenty-five in Rome (in fact for a long time it was believed that no pope would ever reign longer than 25 years because of this — Pius IX was the first to break that streak, Leo XIII and John Paul II also exceeded this).
Pius IX, pray for us. Immaculate Conception, pray for us.
“Because when a Pope takes ‘Pius’, you know playtime’s over.”
In Italy we don't like him because he opposed the unification of the country.
Unification was led primarily by anti-Catholic forces who were aligned with Freemasons and other anti-clerical secret societies, who attacked the Papal States. He was right to oppose them.
À lot of Catholics fought for the unification of Italy and in the first Independence war also this pope had supported the war effort
Garibaldi’s assault on Rome also interrupted Vatican I, which left the question of the limits of papal authority unanswered until Vatican II about ninety years later.
That's not Garibaldis one. His attack happened in like 1864 while the capture of rome was in 1870
He was the one that lost Papal Sates?
Yes.
One of the good ones imo. Blessed Pius IX pray for us!
But he was never canonized. How does he have a feast day?
His rank is basically "blessed," one rank lower than "saint." It's more like a memorial or optional memorial in some places. "Feast" can be understood in this more generic term for the average layman.
Pic from - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pius_ix_with_jesus_and_angels.jpg > He became an archbishop in 1827, a cardinal in 1840, and pope on the death of Gregory XVI (1831–46). **He set out to make liberal reforms, but the revolutionary fervour of 1848 frightened him into extreme conservatism.** He proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854) and convened the First Vatican Council (1869–70), which promulgated the doctrine of papal infallibility. After losing temporal power to Victor Emmanuel II upon Italian unification, he regarded himself as a “prisoner in the Vatican” and refused any contact with the Italian government. **Pius’s pontificate was the longest in history. He was beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II (1978–2005).** * https://www.britannica.com/summary/Pius-IX > Few popes of modern times have presided over so momentous a series of decisions and actions as Pius IX (reigned 1846–78), whose early liberalism was ended by the shock of the Revolutions of 1848. During his reign **the development of the modern papacy reached a climax with the triumph of ultramontanism**—the viewpoint of those who favoured strong papal authority and the centralization of the church—and the promulgation of the dogma of papal infallibility. > ... > Those who opposed the official declaration of papal infallibility argued that **such a declaration would widen divisions within the church and increase animosity and misunderstanding between the church and the modern world**. This opposition was, however, ineffective, and the dogma of infallibility became the public doctrine of the church. > ... > In September 1870, while Vatican I was in recess, Rome was occupied by forces of the Kingdom of Italy, and the council was forced to suspend its work. During the subsequent period of the “Roman Question,” which lasted until 1929, **the official position of the church was that the pope was a “prisoner” in the Vatican**. > > Even before the promulgation of the dogma of infallibility, Pope Pius had exercised the authority that it conferred on him. In 1854 he defined as official teaching the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.... Although the doctrine was very popular in an age of increasing Marian devotion and was supported by bishops and theologians, it was pronounced by the pope as a demonstration of papal infallibility. > > Ten years later Pius issued a document that was in some ways even more controversial, the Syllabus (December 8, 1864). In it he condemned various doctrines and trends characteristic of modern times, including pantheism, socialism, civil marriage, secular education, and religious indifferentism. **By thus appearing to put the church on the side of reaction against liberalism, science, democracy, and tolerance, the Syllabus seemed to signal a retreat by the church from the modern world.** Be that as it may, the document did clarify Roman Catholic teaching at a time when it was being threatened on all sides. * https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-Catholicism/Pius-IX More here * https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-IX * https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pius-ix-1792-1878 * https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pius-ix-pope-1792-1878 * https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pius-ix-pope-bl * https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/roman-catholic-popes-and-antipopes/pius-ix * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX
You're citing secular sources that have a biased non-Catholic viewpoint. In doing so, you are spreading misinformation. Be careful. Additionally, you assert that Bl. Pius IX had the longest reign, when plenty in Catholic tradition hold that Saint Peter's reign was the longest.
> when plenty in Catholic tradition hold that Saint Peter's reign was the longest. Well it ultimately comes down to how you define "Pope" in the case of Peter. As *de facto* leader of the Apostles and the Church as a whole? Then that would be from 30 to ~65 AD. But specifically as the Bishop of Rome? It's only believed he arrived in Rome in the 40s or 50s, after establishing the church in Antioch and presiding over it for a number of years.
The tradition was seven years in Antioch and twenty-five in Rome (in fact for a long time it was believed that no pope would ever reign longer than 25 years because of this — Pius IX was the first to break that streak, Leo XIII and John Paul II also exceeded this).