1. Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars; [syn: Leo XIII, Gioacchino Pecci, Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Leo XIII
n 1: Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the
advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret
archives to all scholars [syn: Leo XIII, Gioacchino
Pecci, Giovanni Vincenzo Pecci]