Pope Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; Italian: Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church...

stance against nepotism in the Church, continuing the policies of Pope Innocent XI, who started the battle against nepotism but which did not gain traction...

known for having overturned many of the policies of his predecessor, Innocent XI, deciding to indulge in nepotism in order to further enrich his family...

Sobieski wrote to Pope Innocent XI giving him his “unextinguished zeal in propagating the Christian faith”. Nevertheless, Innocent was wrought with anxiety...

Alphonsus Liguori wrote the following when explaining gluttony: "Pope Innocent XI has condemned the proposition which asserts that it is not a sin to eat...

Pope Innocent XI (1676–1689) Pope Innocent XII (1691–1700) Pope Innocent XIII (1721–1724) Additionally, one antipope has chosen the name Innocent: Antipope...

Secret Archives. Pope Innocent XI granted the coronation, but the coronation took place during the pontificate of Pope Innocent XII. Vatican Secret Archives...

numerous saints, including Pope Pius X and Maria Goretti. He beatified Pope Innocent XI. The first canonizations of Pope Pius XII were two women, the founder...

King to oppose the withdrawal of the ambassadors' franchises by Pope Innocent XI. He then occupied the Farnese palace with several hundred men in arms...

millions of members. Toward the latter part of the 17th century, Pope Innocent XI viewed the increasing Turkish attacks against Europe, which were supported...

1676. It led to the election of Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi as Pope Innocent XI. After the death of Pope Clement X on 22 July 1676, the College of Cardinals...

Pope Innocent XIII (Latin: Innocentius XIII; Italian: Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic...

Holy Roman Empire and form an alliance with Poland, Venice and Pope Innocent XI. The defensive alliance of the Holy Roman Empire with Poland was concluded...

saints. Pope Innocent XI canonized three saints. Pope Alexander VIII canonized five saints. Pope Innocent XII canonized two saints. Pope Clement XI canonized...

designed to protect the territory of Ravenna from the unruly Po River. Pope Innocent X (1644–55) sent him as nuncio to Naples, where he remained for eight years...

Odescalchi family was, since the election of Benedetto Odescalchi as Pope Innocent XI in 1676, part of the highest Roman aristocracy. The Odescalchi family...

Malaval and Madame Guyon), and which were condemned as heresy by Pope Innocent XI in the papal bull Coelestis Pastor of 1687. "Quietism" was seen by critics...

Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick, wife of Joseph I, afterwards emperor, by Innocent XI, weighed twenty pounds and was almost eighteen inches high. It was in...

introducing new fiscal policies, Innocent XI was able to regain control of the church's finances. Innocent X and Clement XI battled Jansenism and Gallicanism...

Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church...

announce the election of Giovanni Battista Cybo, who took the name of Innocent VIII. In announcing the name of the newly elected pontiff, the new pontiff's...

first century BCE, writers Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, Pope Innocent XI, scientist Alessandro Volta, and Cosima Liszt, second wife of Richard...

but survived. He was canonized as a saint on 8 April 1687 after Pope Innocent XI approved his long-standing "cultus" - or devotion. Pedro Armengol Rocafort...

confirmed by the meticulous investigation conducted in 1680 under Pope Innocent XI. Nonetheless, Bernini's opponents in Rome succeeded in seriously damaging...

his canonization by Pope Innocent XI in 1681. His feast is celebrated on 28 May or June 15 (Roman Martyrology). Pope Pius XI confirmed Bernard as the...

with Innocent XI. After the Ottoman defeat in the Battle of Vienna George XI hoped to exploit that Empire's new weakness. In a letter to Innocent XI dated...

resulting in the classic Narrow Road to the Interior. The death of Pope Innocent XI and the election of the 241st Pope Alexander VIII. The Holy Roman Empire...

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the Edict of Fontainebleau. He may have been seeking to placate Pope Innocent XI, with whom relations were tense and whose aid was necessary to determine...

Clement VI: 1342–1352 Pope Innocent VI: 1352–1362 Pope Urban V: 1362–1370 (in Rome 1367–1370; returned to Avignon 1370) Pope Gregory XI: 1370–1378 (left Avignon...