2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁others ▁scattered ▁throughout ▁the ▁world . ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁VII ▁lifted ▁this ▁susp ension ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 4 ▁and ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁re - emer ged ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁asked ▁by ▁many ▁govern ments ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁colleg es ▁they ▁once ▁gave ▁up . ▁The ▁absol ut ist ▁monarch s ▁who ▁had ▁demanded ▁the ▁supp ression ▁had ▁fallen ▁by ▁then , ▁swe pt ▁by ▁the ▁forces ▁un le ashed ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 7 8 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁period ▁following ▁the ▁Rest oration ▁of ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 4 ▁was ▁marked ▁by ▁trem end ous ▁growth , ▁as ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁Jes uit ▁colleg es ▁and ▁univers ities ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁ 2 2 ▁of ▁the ▁Society ' s ▁ 2 8 ▁univers ities ▁were ▁founded ▁or ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁during ▁this ▁time . ▁Some ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁supp ression ▁served ▁to ▁height en ▁orth odox y ▁among ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁upon ▁rest oration . ▁ ▁P ius ▁VII ▁and ▁Napoleon ▁ ▁Another ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁contradiction ▁is ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁P ius ▁VII . ▁His ▁was ▁a ▁difficult ▁pont ificate ▁filled ▁with ▁moral ▁and ▁physical ▁problems ▁inf lic ted ▁by ▁Napoleon ▁I ▁whom ▁the ▁po pe ▁himself ▁consec r ated ▁Emperor ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁in ▁Notre ▁D ame ▁in ▁Paris . ▁As