RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement XIV

1705 - 1774

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Pope Clement XIV (Latin: Clemens XIV; Italian: Clemente XIV; 31 October 1705 – 22 September 1774), born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 May 1769 to his death in September 1774. At the time of his election, he was the only Franciscan friar in the College of Cardinals, having been a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He is the most recent pope to take the pontifical name of "Clement" upon his election. During his pontificate, Clement decreed the suppression of the Society of Jesus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Clement XIV is the 114th most popular religious figure (up from 213th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Italy (up from 241st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Clement XIV was most famous for suppressing the Jesuits, a Catholic order, in 1773.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement XIV ranks 114 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Paul V, Justin Martyr, Pope Clement VIII, Pope Clement XI, Jerome, and Pope Clement XIII. After him are Pope Sixtus IV, Pope Clement V, Luke the Evangelist, Samuel, Moses in Islam, and Pope Innocent VIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1705, Pope Clement XIV ranks 1. After him are Farinelli, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Karim Khan Zand, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Charles-André van Loo, Jacques-François Blondel, David Hartley, Peter Artedi, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, and Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa. Among people deceased in 1774, Pope Clement XIV ranks 2. Before him is Louis XV of France. After him are Robert Clive, François Quesnay, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Oliver Goldsmith, and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Clement XIV ranks 125 out of 5,161. Before him are Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Clement VIII (1536), Pope Clement XI (1649), Pope Clement XIII (1693), and Masaccio (1401). After him are Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Pope Sixtus IV (1414), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Pope Innocent VIII (1432), Marie de' Medici (1575), and Pope Alexander VIII (1610).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Clement XIV ranks 49. Before him are Pope Gregory XII (1335), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Clement VIII (1536), Pope Clement XI (1649), and Pope Clement XIII (1693). After him are Pope Sixtus IV (1414), Pope Innocent VIII (1432), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Julius III (1487), and Pope Gregory VII (1020).

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