on february 20, 1798 , pope vi was expelled from rome.he papal state had already fallen under the onslaught of the forces of revolutionary france and submitted to the authority of paris; troops of general louis berthier entered rome. he demanded that the pope renounce secular power, but pius the sixth had nothing to lose. he was 80 and seriously ill. having condemned the great... french revolution and the confiscation of papal and church possessions in france, the pope refused to make concessions to the conquerors. then berthier, by order napoleon forcibly took him first to siena in tuscany, and then to the fortress of valence in france, where a month and a half later, pi the sixth died. his body was embalmed but not buried. napoleon wanted to do this in france, seeing political benefits for himself in this. however, the papal entourage demanded that the remains be returned to rome, such was the will. the pontiff and napoleon succumbed in 1802 with honors and were buried in rome. on february 20 , 1922, the vilna sejm spoke in favor of the