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1 Scudo - Pio VII AVXILIVM DE SANCTO - Holy Mother Church
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1802-1807 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A female allegorical figure representing the Holy Mother Church, nimbed with a radiant crown, seated upon clouds and facing slightly left. She holds the crossed keys of Saint Peter in her hands, symbolizing papal authority. To the lower right, the Holy Door (Porta Santa) is depicted, referencing the Jubilee indulgence. The date and engraver's name appear in the lower portion of the field. The reverse legend arcs above the figure. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Pio VII's early pontificate was defined almost entirely by Napoleon. The 1801 Concordat had just restored the Church's legal standing in France after a decade of revolutionary suppression, but the Pope remained politically hostage to Bonapartist ambitions — he had traveled to Paris in 1804 to crown Napoleon, a concession widely seen as humiliating. These scudi were struck in that uneasy interval before the relationship collapsed entirely, ending with French troops occupying Rome in 1808 and Pius's subsequent imprisonment at Savona.