Earliest-Born Person (1810) Ever Captured on Film. Pope Leo XIII. (1896) Colorized. _ Leo was the head of the Roman Catholic Church (1878–1903) “who brought a new spirit to the papacy, manifested in more conciliatory positions toward civil governments, by care taken that the church not be opposed to scientific progress and by an awareness of the pastoral and social needs of the times.” Rerum Novarum, issued by him in 1891 and considered by many conservative Roman Catholics to be extremely progre

Napoleon-contemporary, Pope Leo XIII was the earliest-born person ever filmed in 1896 at the age of 93 years old. Leo XIII was the Pontiff between 1878 and 1903. He brought a new spirit to the papacy by adopting conciliatory positions toward civil governments, supporting scientific progress, and addressing pastoral and social needs. During the last years of Leo XIII’s pontificate, until his death in 1903, there was a hardening of church policy and a more reserved attitude toward Christian democr