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Also known as Pope Innocent XIII, Michelangelo Conti di Poli, Innocentius PP. XIII, Pope Innocentius XIII, Innozenz XIII. Papst, Michelangelo dei Conti, Michelangiolo dei Conti, pape Innocent XIII

pope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724

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Innocent XIII, born Michelangelo Conti in Poli on 13 May 1655, was a Catholic priest, bishop, and Pope. He served as a cardinal and held the position of Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Educated at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Sapienza University of Rome, he worked in Rome and the Papal States. His consecrators were Galeazzo Marescotti, Prospero Bottini, and Sperello Sperelli.

He participated in the 1721 papal conclave. Innocent XIII died in Rome on 7 March 1724 and was buried in the Vatican Grotto. He had a sibling named Bernardo Maria Conti.

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Pope Innocent XIII (Latin: Innocentius XIII; Italian: Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He remains the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Innocent".

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