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Pope Innocent XIII (
May 13,
1655 –
March 7,
1724) was pope from 1721 until his death.
He was born
Michelangelo Conti in
Poli, near
Rome. Like
Pope Innocent III (
1198–
1216),
Pope Gregory IX (
1227–
1241) and
Pope Alexander IV (
1254-
1261), he was a member
of the family of the Conti, counts and dukes of Segni. He also wore their family arms in his Pontifical Coat.
He became
Cardinal under
Pope Clement XI (1700–21) in
1706. From
1697 to
1710 he acted as papal
nuncio to the Kingdom of
Portugal, where he's believed to have formed those unfavourable impressions of the
Jesuits which afterwards influenced his conduct towards them. In 1721 his high reputation for ability, learning, purity, and a kindly disposition secured his election to succeed Clement XI as Pope Innocent XIII. His pontificate was prosperous, but comparatively uneventful.
Innocent XIII prohibited the Jesuits from prosecuting their mission in
China, and ordered that no new members should be received into the order. This indication of his sympathies encouraged some
French bishops to approach him with a petition for the recall of the
bull Unigenitus by which
Jansenism had been condemned; the request, however, was peremptorily denied.
Innocent XIII, like his predecessor, showed much favour to the Pretender to the British throne
James III,also known as "The Old Pretender" and liberally supported him. The cousin of this Pope, Francesco Maria Conti, from
Siena, was here the chamberlain (
Gentiluomo di camera) in the little roman jacobite court, in the
Muti Palace.
He was succeeded by
Pope Benedict XIII (1724–30).
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