RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement XI

1649 - 1721

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Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; Albanian: Klementi XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library; his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome's antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Clement XI has received more than 456,471 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Clement XI is the 226th most popular religious figure (down from 146th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Italy (down from 174th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Clement XI is most famous for his 1713 bull Unigenitus, which condemned 101 propositions from a book by Jansenius.

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  • 75

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  • 12.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement XI ranks 226 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Clement IV, Pope John XV, Pope Urban IV, Pope John XIX, Padre Pio, and Pope Adrian I. After him are Pope Gregory X, Pope Innocent VI, Amos, Pope Lucius II, John of the Cross, and Pope Adeodatus I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Pope Clement XI ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict XIII. After him are Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Marie Anne Mancini, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Thomas Tew, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, John Blow, Jan Luyken, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and Giuseppe Maria Tomasi. Among people deceased in 1721, Pope Clement XI ranks 1. After him are Jean-Antoine Watteau, Alexander Selkirk, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Pierre Daniel Huet, and Elihu Yale.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Clement XI ranks 256 out of 5,161. Before him are Diodorus Siculus (-90), Cimabue (1240), Pope John XIX (975), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Padre Pio (1887), and Pope Adrian I (700). After him are Pope Gregory X (1210), Marie de' Medici (1575), Lucius Verus (130), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Pope Lucius II (1100), and Pope Adeodatus I (570).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Clement XI ranks 101. Before him are Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Leo I (390), Pope John XV (1000), Pope John XIX (975), Padre Pio (1887), and Pope Adrian I (700). After him are Pope Gregory X (1210), Pope Lucius II (1100), Pope Adeodatus I (570), Pope Celestine V (1215), Pope John XVIII (970), and Pope Marcellus I (255).

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