# Pope Leo XII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-leo-xii
Pontificate: 28 September 1823 – 10 February 1829
Number in the papal list: 252
Born-Died: 1760-08-02 - 1829-02-10
Papal era: Modern Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XII

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Placed the Catholic educational system under the control of the Jesuits through the bull Quod divina sapientia (1824).

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Pius VII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-vii)
- Next in list: [Pope Pius VIII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pius-viii)