The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . described. 19. Sede vacante. Heads of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Bev.: Veni lvmen at the conclave of 1691. INNOCENT XII. 171 Albani, afterwards Clement XI. He exhorted them to yield nothing of therights, authority, or privileges of the Eoman Church. He warmly ad-sisedthem to think only of the-Church in the discussions at the coming conclave,and not to be swaj^ed by any human respect. On the 1st of February hedied, aged nearly eighty-one, after governing the Church sixteen mouths,less four days. Alexander d
The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . described. 19. Sede vacante. Heads of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Bev.: Veni lvmen at the conclave of 1691. INNOCENT XII. 171 Albani, afterwards Clement XI. He exhorted them to yield nothing of therights, authority, or privileges of the Eoman Church. He warmly ad-sisedthem to think only of the-Church in the discussions at the coming conclave,and not to be swaj^ed by any human respect. On the 1st of February hedied, aged nearly eighty-one, after governing the Church sixteen mouths,less four days. Alexander displayed great courage in defending the faith and ecclesiasti-cal discipline. A generous promoter of science, he increased and enrichedseveral libraries, among others the Vatican, to which he gare th-e manu-scripts that had belonged to Queen Christina. He was interred in the Vatican. Let us in conclusion say, that Alexander scattered favors as Hberally onthe poor as on his kindred. The Holy See was vacant five months and six days. 246. INNOCENT XII.—a. d. j-^.^* , NCE more we shall see the ordinary spectacle whichthe nature of things and the customs of Kome com-pel us to present at every accession of a pope. Apontiff is always a learned man, accustomed tobusiness, an experienced jurisconsult and adminis-trator. Is it to be wondered at if the reigns ofsuch personages present something brilliant, able,and learned, which rejoices Catholicity, and forcesit to applaud elections so fortunate ? Who can refuse to the Eoman courtthe title of nursery of illustrious sovereigns ? Innocent XII. (Anthony Pignatelli), a Neapolitan, was bom on the 15thof March, 1615, at Spinazzola, a fief of his family, in the Basilicate, andwas the son of Fabricius Pignatelh, first prince of Minervino, and of PorziaCaraffa, daughter of the duke of Andria. The Pignatelli family is con-sidered one of the most illustrious in Naples, and is traceable not only tothe times of- the crusades, but even t
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