RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Innocent XIII

1655 - 1724

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Pope Innocent XIII (Latin: Innocentius XIII; Italian: Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He is the most recent pope to date to take the pontifical name of "Innocent" upon his election. Pope Innocent XIII was reform-oriented, and he imposed new standards of frugality, abolishing excessive spending. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Innocent XIII has received more than 303,000 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Pope Innocent XIII is the 215th most popular religious figure (down from 159th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 185th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Innocent XIII is most famous for issuing the papal bull, Unigenitus, in 1713. This bull condemned Jansenism, a theological movement that was seen as a threat to the Catholic Church.

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  • 74

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  • 14.67

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Innocent XIII ranks 215 out of 3,187. Before him are Bridget of Sweden, Pope Gregory XIV, Pope Innocent XII, Pope Eugene III, Pope Clement XIV, and Pope Nicholas V. After him are Saint Christopher, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Alexander VIII, Pope Leo I, Pope Clement IV, and Pope John XV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Pope Innocent XIII ranks 1. After him are Bartolomeo Cristofori, Charles XI of Sweden, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Christian Thomasius, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Zumbi, Rinaldo d'Este, Bernard de Montfaucon, Johann Christoph Denner, Ferdinand Kettler, and Caspar Bartholin the Younger. Among people deceased in 1724, Pope Innocent XIII ranks 1. After him are Louis I of Spain, Gyeongjong of Joseon, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Johann Homann, Edward Low, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Marie of Lorraine, Benedetto Luti, Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Glückel of Hameln, and Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Innocent XIII ranks 243 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Eugene III (1080), Sergio Leone (1929), Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Pope Clement XIV (1705), and Pope Nicholas V (1397). After him are Pope Pelagius II (520), Pliny the Younger (61), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Leo I (390), Cesare Lombroso (1835), and Pope John XV (1000).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Innocent XIII ranks 93. Before him are Pope Innocent IX (1519), Pope Gregory XIV (1535), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Eugene III (1080), Pope Clement XIV (1705), and Pope Nicholas V (1397). After him are Pope Pelagius II (520), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Leo I (390), Pope John XV (1000), Pope John XIX (975), and Padre Pio (1887).

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