RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Clement XIV

1705 - 1774

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Pope Clement XIV (Latin: Clemens XIV; Italian: Clemente XIV; 31 October 1705 – 22 September 1774), born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 May 1769 to his death in September 1774. At the time of his election, he was the only Franciscan friar in the College of Cardinals, having been a member of OFM Conventual. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Clement XIV has received more than 475,863 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Pope Clement XIV is the 213th most popular religious figure (down from 143rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Italy (down from 168th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Clement XIV was most famous for suppressing the Jesuits, a Catholic order, in 1773.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Clement XIV ranks 213 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Gregory XI, Pope Sixtus II, Bridget of Sweden, Pope Gregory XIV, Pope Innocent XII, and Pope Eugene III. After him are Pope Nicholas V, Pope Innocent XIII, Saint Christopher, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Alexander VIII, and Pope Leo I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1705, Pope Clement XIV ranks 1After him are Farinelli, Karim Khan Zand, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Charles-André van Loo, David Hartley, Jacques-François Blondel, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Peter Artedi, Philipp Stamma, and Maximilian Ulysses Browne. Among people deceased in 1774, Pope Clement XIV ranks 2Before him is Louis XV of France. After him are François Quesnay, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Robert Clive, Niccolò Jommelli, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Jacques-François Blondel, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Oliver Goldsmith, and Johann Friedrich Agricola.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Clement XIV ranks 241 out of 5,161Before him are Giorgio Armani (1934), Pope Gregory XIV (1535), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Eugene III (1080), Sergio Leone (1929), and Arcangelo Corelli (1653). After him are Pope Nicholas V (1397), Pope Innocent XIII (1655), Pope Pelagius II (520), Pliny the Younger (61), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), and Pope Leo I (390).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Clement XIV ranks 91Before him are Pope Boniface I (370), Pope Celestine III (1106), Pope Innocent IX (1519), Pope Gregory XIV (1535), Pope Innocent XII (1615), and Pope Eugene III (1080). After him are Pope Nicholas V (1397), Pope Innocent XIII (1655), Pope Pelagius II (520), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Leo I (390), and Pope John XV (1000).