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Pope Clement XIII (Latin: Clemens XIII; Italian: Clemente XIII; 7 March 1693 – 2 February 1769), born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 July 1758 to his death in February 1769. He was installed on 16 July 1758.
- Portugal
- France
- Spain
His attention was called in the first instance to Portugal, where the attack on the Society had already commenced. Joseph I, a weak and voluptuous prince, was a mere puppet in the hands of his minister, Sebastião Carvalho, afterwards Marquis de Pombal, a secret adherent of the Voltairian opinions, and bent on the destruction of the Society. A rebel...
It was to be expected that the Society's many enemies in France would be stimulated to follow in the footsteps of Pombal. The attack was opened by the Parlement, which was predominantly Jansenist in its composition, in the spring of 1761. Taking advantage of the financial difficulties into which the French Jesuits had been driven over the affair of...
The statesmen who had the ear of Charles III were in regular correspondence with the French Encyclopedists, and had for some years previously been projecting a proscription of the Society on the same lines as in Portugal and France. But this was not known to the public, or to the Jesuits, who believed themselves to have a warm friend in their sover...
Jan 27, 2017 · He died on February 2nd, 1769. His death was the result of an unspecified apoplexy, that is, some part of his body succumbed to internal bleeding and the situation was exacerbated to the point of fatality. His papacy began July 6th, 1758. His papacy ended when his life did on February 2nd of 1769. His papal successor was Clement XIV.
Reigned 1758-1769. Clement XIII, POPE (CARLO DELLA TORRE REZZONICO), b. at Venice, March 7, 1693; d. at Rome, February 2, 1769. He was educated by the Jesuits at Bologna, took his degrees in law at Padua, and in 1716 was appointed at Rome referendary of the two departments known as the “Signatura Justitiae” and the “Signatura Gratis”.He ...
The Holy See Pontiffs Clement XIII ... 248th Pope of the Catholic Church Beginning Pontificate: 6,16.VII.1758: End Pontificate: 2.II.1769: Secular Name:
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- Venice
- Carlo Rezzonico
Successor of the Prince of the Apostles. Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. Patriarch of the West. Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of Rome. Servant of the Servants of God. Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1738.01.27 – 1747.05.15) Bishop of Padova ( Italy) (1743.03.11 – 1758.07.06)
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Pope Clement XIII elevated the Feast of the Sacred Heart to the Universal Liturgical Calendar to support the Jesuits and to oppose the Jansenist heresy. St. Margaret Mary Alacoque received visions and promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart. Clement XIII died on the night of February 2, 1769 and Clement XIV succeeded him.
