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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Michelangelo Conti |
| Born |
1655 |
| Location |
Poli, near Rome, Italy |
| Bloodline |
Conti |
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| Position |
Pope (1721-1724) |
| Died |
March 7, 1724 (aged 68) |
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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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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. |
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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 is believed to have formed those unfavourable impressions of the Jesuits which afterwards influenced his conduct towards them. |
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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. |
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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. |
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He was succeeded by Pope Benedict XIII (1724–30). |
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