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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Pietro Vito Ottoboni |
| Born |
1610 |
| Location |
Venice, Italy |
| Bloodline |
Ottoboni |
| Married |
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| Children |
Yes, Pietro, Marco and Antonio |
| Position |
Pope (1689-1691) |
| Died |
February 1, 1691 |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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Pietro Ottoboni was born of a noble Venetian family, and was the son of Marco Ottoboni, chancellor of the Republic of Venice. His early studies were at the University of Padua, where, in 1627, his family purchased him a doctorate in canon and civil law. |
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He went to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Urban VIII (1623–44), and was made governor of Terni, Rieti, and Spoleto. For fourteen years he served as auditor of the Rota. In 1652, Pope Innocent X (1644-55) appointed him a Cardinal and Bishop of Brescia. |
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Louis XIV of France (1643-1715) became patron to Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni to secure his papacy on the death of Pope Innocent XI in 1689. |
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On ascending to the Papacy, Pope Alexander VIII appointed his sons ("nephews") to positions of power within the Vatican including making his son Pietro Ottoboni a Cardinal, Marco Ottoboni Duke of Fiano and Antonio Ottoboni Cardinal Secretary of State. |
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Within a few short years, the Ottoboni Papacy had stripped the treasury and placed the Vatican in virtual bankruptcy. To revive the finances, Pope Alexander VIII restarted the practice of selling offices and titles as well as selling key manuscripts from the Vatican Library to European royal houses. |
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Alexander VIII died on February 1, 1691. His tomb in St. Peter's was designed by Count Arrigo di San Martino and sculpted (1691-1725) by Angelo de' Rossi and Giuseppe Bertosi. |
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