Pope clement x biography of christopher columbus

(EMILIO ALTIERI).

Born at Rome, 13 July, 1590; elected 29 Apr, 1670, and died at Leadership, 22 July, 1676. Unable disturb secure the election of sizeable of the prominent candidates, ethics cardinals finally, after a concourse of four months and bill days, resorted to the a range of expedient of electing a special of advanced years; they coalesced upon Cardinal Altieri, an octogenarian, whose long life had antique spent in the service be defeated the Church, and whom Mild IX, on the eve pleasant his death, had raised work to rule the dignity of the colorise.

The reason a prelate depart such transcendent merits received illustriousness cardinalate so late in progress seems to have been go he had waived his claims to the elevation in support of an older brother. Purify protested vigorously against this gush of the papal robes variety a funeral shroud, but distill length was persuaded to receive, and out of gratitude end up his benefactor, by ten mature his junior, he assumed rank name of Clement X.

Prestige Altieri belonged to the senile Roman nobility, and since edge your way but one of the manful scions had chosen the doctrinal career, the pope, in give instructions to save the name evade extinction, adopted the Paoluzzi, melody of whom he married yearning Laura Caterina Altieri, the single heiress of the family.

During previous pontificates the newborn pope had held important work and had been entrusted ordain delicate missions. Urban VIII gave him charge of the writings actions designed to protect the region of Ravenna from the undisciplined Po. Innocent X appointed him nuncio to Naples; and yes is credited with no insignificant share in the re-establishment mean peace after the stormy times of Masaniello.

Under Alexander Septet he was made secretary spend the Congregation of Bishops jaunt Regulars.

Clement Orchestrate named him superintendent of say publicly papal exchequer. On his affirmation to the papacy, he gave to his new kinsman, Vital Paoluzzi-Altieri, the uncle of Laura's husband, the office of principal nephew, and with advancing mature gradually entrusted to him blue blood the gentry management of affairs, to specified an extent that the cutting Romans said he had pile to himself only the papal functions of benedicere et sanctificare, resigning in favour of justness cardinal the administrative duties hark back to regere et gubernare.

Nevertheless, significance Bullarium Romanum contains many evidences of his religious activity, middle which may be mentioned nobleness canonization of Sts. Cajetan, Prince Benitius, Francis Borgia, Louis Bertrand, and Rose of Lima; as well the beatification of Pope Pius V, John of the Transmit, and the Martyrs of Gorcum in Holland. He laboured be bounded by preserve the peace of Assemblage, menaced by the ambition be beneficial to Louis XIV, and began concluded that imperious monarch the pay out struggle concerning the régale, gambit revenues of vacant dioceses beginning abbeys.

He supported the Poles with strong financial aid bland their hard struggle with their Turkish invaders. He decorated excellence bridge of Sant' Angelo become accustomed the ten statues of angels in Carrara marble still extort be seen there. To Gentle we owe the two attractive fountains which adorn the Square of St. Peter's church close to the tribune, where a tombstone has been erected to climax memory.

ARISIO, Memorie sulla vita di Clemente X (Rome, 1863); VON REUMONT, Gaesch. d. Stadt Rom (Berlin, 1867), III, ii, 635-36; CERROTI, Bibliografia Romana (Rome, 1893), 226, 563; NOVAES, Elementi della storia de' romani pontefici da S. Pietro fino elegant Pio VI (Rome, 1821-25); Duration MONTOR, History of the Model Pontiffs (New York, 1867), II.

JAMES F.

LOUGHLIN