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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Pietro Francesco Orsini later Vincenzo Maria Orsini |
| Born |
1649 |
| Location |
Gravina in Puglia, Italy |
| Bloodline |
Orsini |
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| Position |
Pope (1724-1730) |
| Died |
February 21, 1730 |
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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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Born Pietro Francesco Orsini, (later Vincenzo Maria Orsini) in Gravina in Puglia to Ferdinando III Orsini, duke of Gravina, and Giovanna Frangipani della tolfa, from Toritto. He was a member of the Orsini of Rome, the third and last member of that family to become Pope. |
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He was named cardinal on February 22, 1672 at the age of just 23. Later he was bishop of Manfredonia, bishop of Cesena and then archbishop of Benevento |
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On the death of Innocent XIII in 1724, he was elected Pope Benedict XIV. After the suggestion of the Jesuits to design a cleaner fiction of apostolic succession, the previous Pope Benedict XIII was made an antiPope. Pope Benedict then changed his title to Benedict XIII. |
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He appointed Cardinal Niccolò Coscia as Secretary of State, who had been Benedict's secretary when he was archbishop of Benevento. It remained a publicly acknowledged scandal that Cardinal Niccolò Coscia used his position to increase the wealth of his own family. |
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Benedict died on February 21, 1730 and was succeeded by Pope Clement XII. |
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