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Pope Clement X

Pope
Clement X
Bishop of Rome
Clement X.jpg
Painting by Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Papacy began 29 April 1670
Papacy ended 22 July 1676
Predecessor Clement IX
Successor Innocent XI
Orders
Ordination 6 April 1624
Consecration 30 November 1627
by Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese
Created Cardinal 29 November 1669
by Clement IX
Personal details
Birth name Emilio Bonaventura Altieri
Born (1590-07-13)13 July 1590
Rome, Papal States
Died 22 July 1676(1676-07-22) (aged 86)
Rome, Papal States
Previous post
  • Bishop of Camerino (1627-1666)
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1644-1652)
  • Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars (1657-1667)
Papal styles of
Pope Clement X
C o a Clemente X.svg
Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Holy Father
Posthumous style None

Pope Clement X (Latin: Clemens X; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was Pope from 29 April 1670 to his death in 1676.

Emilio Boneventura Altieri was born in Rome in 1590, the son of Lorenzo Altieri and Victoria Delfin, a noble Venetian lady. His brother was Giambattista Altieri. The Altieri family belonged to the ancient Roman nobility and had enjoyed the highest consideration at Rome for several centuries; they had occasionally contracted alliances with the Colonnas and the Orsinis. During earlier pontificates, the Altieri held many important offices and had been entrusted with several delicate missions.

Altieri received a doctorate in law from the Roman College in 1611. After finishing his studies, he was named auditor of Giovanni Battista Lancellotti in 1623, in the nunciature of Poland. He was ordained April 6, 1624. On his return to Rome, he was named Bishop of Camerino, then governor of Loreto and of all Umbria. Pope Urban VIII (1623–44) gave him charge of the works designed to protect the territory of Ravenna from the unruly Po River.

Pope Innocent X (1644–55) sent him as nuncio to Naples, where he remained for eight years. He is credited with the re-establishment of peace after the stormy days of Masaniello. Pope Alexander VII (1655–67) confided to him a mission to Poland.

Pope Clement IX (1667–69) named him Superintendent of the Papal Exchequer (in charge of the Church's finances), and in 1667 his maestro di camera, and he was made Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. Just before his death, Clement IX made him a Cardinal. He was then about seventy-nine years of age; and Clement IX, when making him a member of the Sacred College, said to him: "You will be our successor."


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