RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement XI

1649 - 1721

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Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; Albanian: Klementi XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library; his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome's antiquity. He authorized expeditions which succeeded in rediscovering various ancient Christian writings and authorized excavations of the Roman catacombs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Clement XI is the 111th most popular religious figure (up from 226th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 256th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Clement XI is most famous for his 1713 bull Unigenitus, which condemned 101 propositions from a book by Jansenius.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement XI ranks 111 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Urban II, Pope Gregory XII, Girolamo Savonarola, Pope Paul V, Justin Martyr, and Pope Clement VIII. After him are Jerome, Pope Clement XIII, Pope Clement XIV, Pope Sixtus IV, Pope Clement V, and Luke the Evangelist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Pope Clement XI ranks 1. After him are Pope Benedict XIII, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, John Blow, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Marie Anne Mancini, Thomas Tew, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1721, Pope Clement XI ranks 1. After him are Jean-Antoine Watteau, Alexander Selkirk, Mary Read, Johann Christoph Bach, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Charles Vane, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Edward Colston, and Pierre Daniel Huet.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Clement XI ranks 122 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Gregory XII (1335), Vitruvius (-75), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Paul V (1552), and Pope Clement VIII (1536). After him are Pope Clement XIII (1693), Masaccio (1401), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), and Giorgio Vasari (1511).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Clement XI ranks 47. Before him are Pope Gregory XV (1554), Pope Pius IV (1499), Pope Gregory XII (1335), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Paul V (1552), and Pope Clement VIII (1536). After him are Pope Clement XIII (1693), Pope Clement XIV (1705), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), Pope Innocent VIII (1432), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), and Pope Innocent XII (1615).

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