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I can't find exactly how much. The wiki article just says:

"Large sums of money were donated by charities; Calcutta is credited with making the first donation of £14,000. The money was raised by Irish soldiers serving there and Irish people employed by the East India Company. Pope Pius IX sent funds, Queen Victoria donated £2,000"

... but it doesn't say how much he donated.

2007-11-26 04:46:27 · 2 answers · asked by Trajan 2 in Arts & Humanities History

2 answers

That was difficult to find, but here it is: (full site below)
The bottom line is that the donations were small - just a token compared to what was needed. The pope (and Queen Victoria) could have afforded much more. These contributions were a drop in the bucket

A committee for the Irish poor had been established in Rome on 13 January 1847. The pope donated 1000 Roman Crowns from his Privy Purse. In addition to personal financial assistance to Ireland, Pius also offered spiritual and practical support. In March 1847, he took the unprecedented step of issuing a papal encyclical to the international Catholic community, appealing for support for the victims of the Famine. As a result of that appeal, large amounts of money were raised by Catholic congregations: the Vincent de Paul Society in France raised £5,000; the diocese of Strasbourg collected 23,365 francs; two priests in Caracas in Venezuela contributed £177; Father Fahy in Argentina sent over £600; a priest in Grahamstown in South Africa sent £70; and over £1,500 came from the Catholic community in Sydney in New South Wales. Despite the unprecedented intervention of the Pope, the Irish bishops neglected to thank him for his donation or for the encyclical letter until forced to do so by Paul Cullen. Cardinal Fransoni, an adviser to the Pope, was also angry at the inaction of the Irish bishops in raising funds for the relief of the poor, though he had given them official permission to do whatever was necessary. The apparent ingratitude of the Irish bishops and their internal wrangling lost them further vital support in Rome. The Pope’s concern and support for Ireland came to an abrupt end in 1848 when revolution in Italy forced him to flee Rome. Nevertheless, his brief interest proved to be a powerful encouragement to the international community of Catholics to provide support to Ireland.

2007-11-26 05:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 1 0

He gave 1,000 Roman Crowns.

2007-11-26 04:54:16 · answer #2 · answered by staisil 7 · 1 0

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