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  Biography – Pope Clement XI – The Papal Library
Clement IX, in a brief of 1669, approved the decree of his predecessor, as was subsequently done by Innocent XI in various briefs, and Innocent XII in a brief of the 2nd of September, 1691.
Clement, by a brief of the 12th of February, 1703, condemned the decision of the Case of Conscience as contrary to the constitutions of Innocent X, received by the assembly the clergy in 1700.
The pope reproved the edict of the regent.
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 Pope Clement XII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a Corsini, with his mother a Strozzi, the new pope represented a family in the highest level of Florentine society, with a cardinal in every generation for the previous hundred years.
Instead he resigned his right of primogeniture and from Pope Innocent XI he purchased, according to the custom of the time, for 30,000 scudi, a position of prelatial rank and devoted his wealth and leisure to the enlargement of the library bequeathed to him by his uncle.
His good fortune increased during the pontificate of Pope Clement XI, who employed his talents as a courtier and rewarded him with a cardinal's hat, on May 17, 1706, retaining his services as papal treasurer.
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 Pope Clement XI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clement XI, né Giovanni Francesco Albani (July 23, 1649 March 19, 1721) was pope from 1700 to 1721.
Another important decision of Clement was in regard to the Chinese Rites controversy: the Jesuit missionaries were forbidden to take part in honors paid to Confucius or the ancestors of the emperors of China, which Clement identified as idolatrous, and to accommodate Christian language to pagan ideas under plea of conciliating the heathen.
The political troubles of the time greatly embarrassed Clement's relations with the leading Catholic powers, and the moral prestige of the Holy See suffered much from his compulsory recognition of the Archduke Charles of Austria as king of Spain.
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 POPE CLEMENT XI FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clement XI, né ''Giovanni Francesco Albani'' (July_23, 1649 – March_19, 1721) was pope from 1700 to 1721.
Another important decision of Clement was in regard to the Chinese_Rites_controversy: the Jesuit missionaries were forbidden to take part in honors paid to Confucius or the ancestors of the emperors of China, which Clement identified as idolatrous, and to accommodate Christian language to pagan ideas under plea of conciliating the heathen.
The political troubles of the time greatly embarrassed Clement's relations with the leading Catholic powers, and the moral prestige of the Holy_See suffered much from his compulsory recognition of the Archduke Charles of Austria as king of Spain.
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 Station Information - Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI Clement XI (died March 1721) was pope from 1700 to 1721.
Born Giovanni Francesco Albani, he was elevated to the pontificate in November 1700, and died in March 1721.
Another important decision of this Pope's was that by which the Jesuit missionaries were forbidden to take a part in honor paid to Confucius or the ancestors of the emperors of China, which Clement identified as idolatrous, and to accommodate Christian language to pagan ideas under plea of conciliating the heathen.
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 Madrid Arrythmia and Myocardium - Content
The new pope Clemente XI had an excellent relationship with Lancisi to whom he conceded the title of Nobile da Papa and the addition to his coat of arms, represented by a "lance" or pike, the pope's family blazon of the Casa Albani symbolized by three mountains and three stars.
The book on sudden death was dedicated to Pope Clement XI who in1706 asked Lancisi to study the strange apparent increase in the number of sudden deaths in the years 1705 and 1706, which had reached the proportions of an epidemic.
Clement XI (1649-1721) was born within the noble Umbrian family of the Albani.
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 Encyclopedia: Pope Clement XI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Innocent XII, né Antonio Pignatelli (March 13, 1615 - September 27, 1700) pope from 1691 to 1700, was the successor of Alexander VIII.
The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church.
Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla.
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 Pope Clement VI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clement VI né Pierre Roger (1291 - December 6 1352) pope (1342 -1352) the fourth of the Avignon popes was elected in May 1342.
Like his immediate predecessors he was devoted France and he further evinced his French sympathies by refusing a solemn invitation return to Rome and by purchasing the of Avignon from Joanna queen of Naples for 80 000 crowns.
The other chief incidents of his pontificate his disputes with Edward III of England on account of the latter's encroachments ecclesiastical jurisdiction his excommunication of the Emperor Louis of Bavaria his negotiations for reunion with the Eastern Church and the commencement of Cola di Rienzi 's agitation at Rome.
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 Pope Innocent XII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Innocent XII''', né '''''Antonio Pignatelli'' (March 13, 1615 - September 27, 1700) pope from 1691 to 1700, was the successor of pope Alexander VIIIAlexander VIII.
After the conclave after the death of Alexander VIII had gone on for 5 months he was a compromise candidate between the cardinals of France and the Holy Roman Empire.
This benevolent, self-abnegating and pious pope died on September 27, 1700 and was succeeded by Pope Clement XIClement XI/
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Clement XI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The pope's action, though often derided and misinterpreted, was natural enough, not only because the bestowal of royal titles had always been regarded as the privilege of the Holy See, but also because Prussia belonged by ancient right to the ecclesiastico-military institute known as the Teutonic Order.
Sicily was given to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, with whom from the first days of his pontificate Clement was involved in quarrels on the subjects of ecclesiastical immunities and appointments to vacant benefices.
Clement XI made the feast of the Conception of the B.V.M. a Holy Day of obligation, and canonized Pius V, Andrew of Avellino, Felix of Cantalice, and Catherine of Bologna.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Clement XII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
From Innocent XI he purchased, according to the custom of the time, for 30,000 scudi (dollars) a position of prelatial rank,and devoted his wealth and leisure to the enlargement of the library bequeathed to him by his uncle.
Clement surrounded himself with capable officials, and won the affection of his subjects by lightening their burdens, encouraging manufacture and the arts, and infusing a modern spirit into the laws relating to commerce.
Clement persuaded the Armenian patriarch to remove from the diptychs the anathema against the Council of Chalcedon and St.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Gregory XI
He was a nephew of Pope Clement VI, who heaped numerous benefices upon him and finally created him cardinal deacon in 1348, when he was only eighteen years of age.
Like the preceding popes of Avignon, Gregory XI made the fatal mistake of appointing Frenchmen, who did not understand the Italians and whom the Italians hated, as legates and governors of the ecclesiastical provinces in Italy.
In the midst of these disturbances Gregory XI, yielding to the urgent prayers of St. Catherine, decided to remove the papal see to Rome, despite the protests of the French King and the majority of the cardinals.
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Pope Clement XI in 1713 condemned the theory that it is necessary to read scripture in order to attain Christian knowledge.
In 1179 pope Alexander III forbade the Waldensians to preach, which preaching they were doing with a common-language translation of parts of the Bible.
In 1836, pope Gregory XVI issued a warning to all Catholics that the fourth rule of the Index published in 1564 by Pius IV was still valid.
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 Pope Pius V - Wikipedia
PIUS V (Michele Ghislieri), pope from 1566 to 1572, was born at Bosco in the duchy of Milan, January 17, 1504.
At the age of fourteen he entered the Dominican order, passing from the monastery of Voghera to that of Vigevano, and thence to Bologna.
His death took place on May 1, 1572, and he was canonized by Clement XI.
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 AllRefer.com - Clement XI, pope (Roman Catholic Popes And Antipopes) - Encyclopedia
Clement XI, pope, Roman Catholic Popes And Antipopes
Clement XI 1649–1721, pope (1700–1721), an Italian (b.
As pope he was involved in the struggle between France and Austria over the throne of Spain; he recognized Philip V but later was forced into recognizing Charles of Hapsburg, the other claimant.
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 Pope Clement XI - Encyclopedia, History and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pope Clement XI - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
Clement XI, né Giovanni Francesco Albani (July 23, 1649 - March 19, 1721) was pope from 1700 to 1721.
Another important decision of this Pope was in regard to the Chinese Rites controversy: the Jesuit missionaries were forbidden to take part in honors paid to Confucius or the ancestors of the emperors of China, which Clement identified as idolatrous, and to accommodate Christian language to pagan ideas under plea of conciliating the heathen.
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 Jansenism Collection
Pope Clement XI (1649-1721): Letter to Cardinal Louis-Antoine de Noailles, Archbishop of Paris, on his bull Unigenitus against Jansenism, 1717, AL (copy), in Italian, ca.
Pope Benedict XIV: Letter to Louis XV, King of France, regarding the assembly of the French bishops, [1756?] AL (copy), in Latin, 4 pp.
Pope Clement XIII: Letter to the Bishop of Liège on Quesnel's Jansenism, etc., Jan. 23, 1763, AL (contemporary copy) in Latin, 2 pp.
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 CLEMENT XI (Albani)
Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
View of the Church of S. Clemente, Rome, with atrium, from the south; Dominican monastery to east.
The ancient foundation (mentioned by St. Jerome in 392) was destroyed in 1084, and rebuilt beginning in 1108 by Pope Paschal II.
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 Patron Saints Index: Pope Clement XI
Known in his youth as a brilliant and learned student.
Dragged into the struggle between France and Austria over the throne of Spain; Clement initially recognized Philip V, but was forced to recognize Charles of Hapsburg.
The chief spiritual concern of his pontificate was that of Jansenism.
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Moreover, he did not hesitate to oppose even Pope Pius IV to his face when the pope wished to elevate a thirteen-year-old member of the Medici family to the Sacred College of Cardinals.
After his election as pope, Pius V vigorously undertook the task of translating the work of the dogmatic Council of Trent from theory into practice.
The saintly pope attributed this victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in recognition of which fact, he instituted a new Marian feast, Our Lady of Victory.
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 The Eighteenth Century
1708 Pope Clement XI (1700-1721), to avoid commiting himself to the doctrine of Mary’s Immaculate Conception, ordered a festival called for the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary immaculate.
In France, the Gallicans opposed the bull on the grounds that the pope had no right to impose a doctrine on the French church without the consent of the French bishops and without the agreement of a General Council.
1794 Pope Pius VI (1775-99) condemned 85 propositions of the synod of Pistoia (1786).
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 Pope Clement XI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Another important decision of this Pope was in regard to the Chinese Rites controversy: the JesuitsJesuit missionaries were forbidden to take part in honors paid to Confucius/ or the ancestors of the emperors of China, which Clement identified as idolatrous, and to accommodate Christian language to pagan ideas under plea of conciliating the heathen.
The political troubles of the time greatly embarrassed Clement's relations with the leading Catholic powers, and the moral prestige of the Holy See suffered much from his compulsory recognition of the Charles VI, Holy Roman EmperorArchduke Charles of Austria/ as king of Spain.
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 WHKMLA : History of the Papal State, 1700-1730
Pope Clement XI., lord paramount of the KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES, was asked by both Philip of Anjou (Bourbon) and by Leopold of Habsburg (Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.), rivals for the Spanish throne, to invest the applicant with the crown.
Pope Clement XI, whose sympathizes lay with the Bourbon dynasty, crowned Philip IV.
For centuries the popes claimed sovereignty paramount over the islands; previous popes had granted the MONARCHIA SICULA, special privileges for the King of Sicily; Pope Clement XI.
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 Pope Clement XI And Bible Reading By The Laity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clement XI also affirmed this in his Bull Unigenitus in 1713.
The Bull begins with the warning of Christ against false prophets, especially such as "secretly spread evil doctrines under the guise of piety and introduce ruinous sects under the image of sanctity"; then it proceeds to the condemnation of 101 propositions which are taken verbatim from the last edition of Quesnel's work.
Encyclical of Pope Benedict XIV promulgated on October 16, 1756.
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 The Ultimate Pope Innocent XIII - American History Information Guide and Reference
Innocent XIII, born as Michael Angelo Conti (Poli, near Rome, May 13, 1655 – March 7, 1724 in Rome), pope from 1721 to 1724, became cardinal under Clement XI in 1706.
From 1697 to 1710 he acted as papal nuncio to the Kingdom of Portugal, where he is believed to have formed those unfavourable impressions of the Jesuits which afterwards influenced his conduct towards them.
He prohibited the Jesuits from prosecuting their mission in China, and ordered that no new members should be received into the order.
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 Roman Monographies - Fountains · part III · Main Fountains (page 18)
Above the rocks is a small iron lantern, decorated with a star (one of the pope's devices), which provided the port with a source of light at night-time.
The lower basin was designed in the shape of an eight-pointed star, one of the devices from the pope's family crest.
the crest of Clement XI In the middle stands a group of rocks, a subject that Clement XI had become fond of probably due to the enormous success of Bernini's Fountain of the Rivers, built when the pope was still a young boy.
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