RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Innocent X

1574 - 1655

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Pope Innocent X (6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655. Born in Rome of a family from Gubbio in Umbria who had come to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Innocent IX, Pamphili was trained as a lawyer and graduated from the Collegio Romano. He followed a conventional cursus honorum, following his uncle Girolamo Pamphili as auditor of the Rota, and like him, attaining the position of cardinal-priest of Sant'Eusebio. Before becoming pope, Pamphili served as a papal diplomat to Naples, France, and Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Innocent X is the 100th most popular religious figure (up from 156th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Italy (up from 179th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Innocent X is most famous for being the pope who excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England. He also created the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, which was a list of books that Catholics were not allowed to read.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Innocent X ranks 100 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Leo I, Pope Clement XII, Benedict of Nursia, Pope Sixtus V, Pope Gregory I, and Pope Sylvester I. After him are Thomas the Apostle, Pope Gregory XV, Bartholomew the Apostle, Pope Pius IV, Pope Urban II, and Pope Gregory XII.

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Among people born in 1574, Pope Innocent X ranks 1. After him are Handan Sultan, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Anne of Denmark, William Oughtred, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Robert Fludd, Wilhelm Kettler, Feng Menglong, Qin Liangyu, and Elisabeth of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1655, Pope Innocent X ranks 1. After him are Cyrano de Bergerac, Pierre Gassendi, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Eleonora Gonzaga, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, Ukita Hideie, Cristóbal de Morales, Janusz Radziwiłł, Cornelis Schut, Eustache Le Sueur, and Francesco Molin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Innocent X ranks 110 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600), Pope Clement XII (1652), Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Gregory I (540), and Pope Sylvester I (300). After him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), Pope Gregory XV (1554), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Sonia Gandhi (1946), Federico Fellini (1920), and Pope Pius IV (1499).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Innocent X ranks 40. Before him are Pope Leo I (390), Pope Clement XII (1652), Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Gregory I (540), and Pope Sylvester I (300). After 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).

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