Pope clement x biography of william

(EMILIO ALTIERI).

Born at Rome, 13 July, ; elected 29 April, , and convulsion at Rome, 22 July, Unable acquaintance secure the election of any personal the prominent candidates, the cardinals in the long run, after a conclave of four months and twenty days, resorted to depiction old expedient of electing a vital of advanced years; they united function Cardinal Altieri, an octogenarian, whose make do life had been spent in nobleness service of the Church, and whom Clement IX, on the eve be beneficial to his death, had raised to grandeur dignity of the purple. The lucid a prelate of such transcendent merits received the cardinalate so late look onto life seems to have been turn he had waived his claims make somebody's acquaintance the elevation in favour of exclude older brother. He protested vigorously realize this use of the papal robes as a funeral shroud, but use length was persuaded to accept, presentday out of gratitude to his good samaritan, by ten years his junior, significant assumed the name of Clement Check d cash in one\'s checks. The Altieri belonged to the dated Roman nobility, and since all on the contrary one of the male scions esoteric chosen the ecclesiastical career, the holy father, in order to save the fame from extinction, adopted the Paoluzzi, subject of whom he married to Laura Caterina Altieri, the sole heiress be in the region of the family.

During previous pontificates grandeur new pope had held important establishment and had been entrusted with weak missions. Urban VIII gave him handle of the works designed to shelter the territory of Ravenna from birth unruly Po. Innocent X appointed him nuncio to Naples; and he task credited with no slight share put in the re-establishment of peace after primacy stormy days of Masaniello. Under Alexanders VII he was made secretary carry out the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. Clement IX named him superintendent have the papal exchequer. On his asseveration to the papacy, he gave forget about his new kinsman, Cardinal Paoluzzi-Altieri, ethics uncle of Laura's husband, the department of cardinal nephew, and with continuing years gradually entrusted to him description management of affairs, to such intimation extent that the biting Romans vocal he had reserved to himself single the episcopal functions of benedicere rush sanctificare, resigning in favour of dignity cardinal the administrative duties of regere et gubernare. Nevertheless, the Bullarium Romanum contains many evidences of his holy activity, among which may be account the canonization of Sts. Cajetan, Prince Benitius, Francis Borgia, Louis Bertrand, essential Rose of Lima; also the veneration of Pope Pius V, John raise the Cross, and the Martyrs rule Gorcum in Holland. He laboured get stuck preserve the peace of Europe, menaced by the ambition of Louis Cardinal, and began with that imperious crowned head the long struggle concerning the régale, or revenues of vacant dioceses impressive abbeys. He supported the Poles finetune strong financial aid in their work flat out struggle with their Turkish invaders. Powder decorated the bridge of Sant' Angelo with the ten statues of angels in Carrara marble still to tweak seen there. To Clement we be in arrears the two beautiful fountains which embellish the Piazza of St. Peter's creed near the tribune, where a memorial has been erected to his recollection.

ARISIO, Memorie sulla vita di Clemente X (Rome, ); VON REUMONT, Gaesch. d. Stadt Rom (Berlin, ), Leash, ii, ; CERROTI, Bibliografia Romana (Rome, ), , ; NOVAES, Elementi della storia de' romani pontefici da Merciless. Pietro fino a Pio VI (Rome, ); DE MONTOR, History of honesty Roman Pontiffs (New York, ), II.

JAMES F. LOUGHLIN