| Birth: | Mar. 7, 1693 | | Death: | Feb. 2, 1769 | 
Pope. Born Carlo Della Torre Rezzonico, he became pope on July 6, 1758. His papacy came at a historically difficult moment for the Church: almost all European nations were going through a widespread anti-clerical phase. His opposition to this tendency was without success. He treid to defend the Jesuits who were at the time being persecuted and called all to an assembly at Civitavecchia. (bio by: MC)
Search Amazon for Pope Clement XIII | | | Burial:
Saint Peter's Basilica
, Vatican City |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: MC
Record added: May 25, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8825101 |
|
|
|
Pope Clement XIII, you were thePope from 16 July 1758 to 2 February 1769. During your papacy, it was disturbed by perpetual contentions respecting the pressures to suppress the Jesuits coming from the progressive Enlightenment circles of the philosophes...(Read more)
-
MFPS
Added: Mar. 7, 2013 |
-
Cindy
Added: Mar. 7, 2013 |
Pope Clement XIII: thanks for serving the Vicar of Rome, remembering you after 244 years, may you rest in peace!
-
MFPS
Added: Feb. 2, 2013 |
| There are 89 more notes not showing...
Click here to view all notes...
| |
|
|
(4.4 after 35 votes)
