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Pope Innocent XIII
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| Birth name | Michelangelo dei Conti |
| Papacy began | May 8, 1721 |
| Papacy ended | March 7, 1724 |
| Predecessor | Clement XI |
| Successor | Benedict XIII |
| Born | May 13, 1655 Poli, Italy |
| Died | March 7, 1724 (aged 68) Rome, Italy |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | none |
Pope Innocent XIII (May 13, 1655 – March 7, 1724) was pope from 1721 until his death.
Born Michelangelo dei 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 di 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 is 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 English Pretender "James III", 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).
- Original text from the 9th edition (1880) of an unnamed encyclopedia.
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| Preceded by Clement XI |
Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Peter (deprecated A.D. 495), Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles Supreme Pontiff (Pontifex Maximus) Patriarch of the West (deprecated 2006), Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province Servant of the Servants of God Pope 1721–24 |
Succeeded by Benedict XIII |
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