1. The Della Chiesa family in 1862.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
2. Giacomo and family in 1902.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
3. Gioacchino Pecci, Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903).
By kind permission of Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
4. Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, Secretary of State to Leo XIII and Giacomo’s mentor.
By kind permission of Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
5. Giuseppe Sarto, Pope Pius X (1903–1914).
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6. Cardinal Raphael Merry Del Val, Secretary of State to Pius X.
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7. Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, Secretary of State to Benedict XV and Pius XI (from 1922 to 1930).
By kind permission of Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
8. The consecration of Giacomo Della Chiesa as bishop in the Sistine Chapel, 1907.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
9. Archbishop Della Chiesa visiting a mountain parish, 1908.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
10. The coronation of Benedict XV in the Sistine Chapel, 6 September 1914.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
11. French prisoners of war brought to Switzerland by Benedict XV.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
12. British prisoners of war brought to Switzerland by Benedict XV.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
13. Benedict XV in his study in the Vatican.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.
14. The French diplomatic delegation in the Vatican for the canonization of Joan of Arc in 1921.
By kind permission of Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
15. Benedict XV on his deathbed, January 1922; his friend Carlo Monti is on his knees, his head turned towards the camera.
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16. The tomb of Benedict XV in the crypt of St Peter’s Basilica.
Courtesy of the Della Chiesa family archive.