Editing Pope Leo XII (section)

===Activities===
====Beatifications and canonizations====
Leo XII [[Beatification|beatified]] a number of individuals in his pontificate, which totaled at 15. He beatified [[Angelina di Marsciano]] and [[Bernardo Scammacca]] (8 March 1825), [[Hippolytus Galantini]] (29 June 1825), [[Angelus of Gualdo Tadino]] (3 August 1825), and [[Luca Antonio Falcone|Angelus of Acri]] (18 December 1825). He also beatified in 1825 Julian of Saint Augustine,<ref>''[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/13764/ Faithful and True Translation of a Brief Memoir of the Life and Miracles of the Saintly Brother Julian of Alcala]'', 1610. World Digital Library.</ref> [[Alphonsus Rodriguez]] and [[Jakob Griesinger]]. He beatified [[Imelda Lambertini]] (20 December 1826) and also confirmed the cultus of [[Jordan of Saxony]] in 1826. He also beatified [[Yolanda of Poland]] and [[Maddalena Panattieri]] on 26 September 1827, as well as [[Giovanna Soderini]] (1827) and [[Elena Duglioli]] and [[Juana de Aza]] (the mother of [[Saint Dominic]]) in 1828.

Leo XII also created [[Peter Damian]] a [[Doctor of the Church]] on 27 September 1828 in addition to the formal canonization he presided over.

====Saint Vincenzo Strambi====
He collaborated with [[Vincent Strambi]] (future saint){{snd}}who served as his advisor. When he was on the brink of death in 1825, Strambi offered himself to God for the survival of the pope. The pope rallied from his ailment, but Strambi died.

====Religious congregations====
The pope also approved the [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate]] on 17 February 1826 when he gave the congregation official recognition.

====Jubilee====
[[File:Leone XII apre la porta santa della basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.jpg|thumb|left|Leo XII opens the holy door to mark the beginning of the Jubilee in 1825.]]
Leo XII celebrated the jubilee in 1825 in an event that saw more than half a million pilgrims travel to Rome to participate in the solemnities. To mark the event, Leo XII issued the encyclical ''Quod hoc ineunte'' on 24 May 1825 that proclaimed the jubilee.

====Consistories====
{{main|Cardinals created by Leo XII}}
He held 8 [[Papal consistory|consistories]] in which he elevated 25 new cardinals into the cardinalate. This included Cardinal Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari – the future [[Pope Gregory XVI]] – on 13 March 1826. In addition, Leo XII nominated three cardinals whom he reserved "''[[in pectore]]''" but later revealed.

For the December 1824 allocations, Leo XII considered elevating [[Félicité de La Mennais]] despite knowing about his crude character and extreme social and moral positions. Nevertheless, the nomination never occurred, however, other sources allege that he declined the pope's invitation. For the October 1826 allocation, Leo XII had nominated one cardinal ''in pectore'' whom he later revealed in 1828, however, several subsequent sources indicate that the renowned English historian [[John Lingard]] was also created a cardinal ''in pectore'' and simply never announced. In the 1828 consistory, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Osimo and Cingoli|Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli]] Timoteo Maria Ascensi was to be made a cardinal but died nine days before the consistory occurred.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/consistories-xix.htm#LeoXII|title=Leo XII (1823-1829)|publisher=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church|date=|author=Salvador Miranda|accessdate=20 February 2022}}</ref>