Editing Pope Leo XIII (section)

==In sound recording and film==

[[File:Papst Leo XIII 1898.jpg|thumb|right|Photogram of ''[[Sua Santità papa Leone XIII]]'', the first time a Pope appeared on film.|228x228px]]

Leo XIII was the first pope whose voice was recorded. The recording can be found on a compact disc of [[Alessandro Moreschi]]'s singing; a recording of his praying of the [[Ave Maria (musical settings)|Ave Maria]] is available on the web.<ref>{{Citation |title=Pope Leo XIII, 1810–1910 |date=30 November 1902 |url=https://archive.org/details/PopeLeoXIII1810-1903 |publisher=Archive}}.</ref> He was also the first pope to be filmed by a motion picture camera. He was [[Sua Santità papa Leone XIII|filmed in 1898]] by inventor [[W. K. Dickson]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scaramuzzi |first=Iacopo |date=2023-11-12 |title=Vaticano, il primo film con un Papa fu proiettato in luoghi lascivi con immagini licenziose: trovata la prova della 'dannazione' del regista |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/11/12/news/vaticano_primo_film_papa_dannazione_regista-420169742 |access-date=2025-05-08 |work=La Reppublica |language=it |type=Requires subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilcox |first=Marrion |date=1898-11-26 |title=Daily life of Pope Leo XIII |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_harpers-weekly_harpers-weekly_1898-11-26_42_2188/page/1150/mode/1up |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=Harper's Weekly |publisher=Harper's Magazine Company |page= |pages=1150–1151 |publication-place=New York |volume=42 |issue=2188 |issn=0360-2397}}</ref> and blessed the camera while being filmed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-10 |title=Vaticano: Leone XIII e il cinema, presentata la ricerca di Gianluca della Maggiore. Interventi di Paolo Ruffini, mons. Dario E. Viganò e Paolo Mieli - AgenSIR |url=https://www.agensir.it/quotidiano/2023/11/10/vaticano-leone-xiii-e-il-cinema-presentata-la-ricerca-di-gianluca-della-maggiore-interventi-di-paolo-ruffini-mons-dario-e-vigano-e-paolo-mieli/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=AgenSIR - Servizio Informazione Religiosa |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Della Maggiore |first=Gianluca |title=Le vedute delle origini su Leone XIII: Vaticano, Biograph e Lumière tra mito e storia |date=2023 |publisher=UTET Università |isbn=978-88-6008-945-8 |series=Analisi del film e ricerca storica |location=Torino}}</ref> The video contains three segments: the pope on a throne, the pope arriving in a horse-drawn carriage, and the pope taking a seat on a bench.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-13 |title=American role in first-ever papal film scrubbed by Vatican due to 'lascivious' use |url=https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/11/american-role-in-first-ever-papal-film-scrubbed-by-vatican-due-to-lascivious-use/ |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Crux |language=en}}</ref> Born in 1810, he might also be the earliest-born known person to appear in a film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-22 |title=Restored 1896 Footage May Reveal New Details Of Pope Leo XIII, Earliest-Born Person On Film |url=https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/10/21/restoration-brings-to-life-pope-leo-xiii-in-1896-earliest-born-person-on-film |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Religion Unplugged |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the 2024 film ''[[Cabrini (film)|Cabrini]]'', Pope Leo XIII is depicted by [[Giancarlo Giannini]] in several scenes offering his support to [[Frances Xavier Cabrini|Mother Cabrini]] for her mission in the United States in 1889 and thereafter.