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Pope Alexander VIII

6 October 1689 – 1 February 1691

Pope Alexander VIII

MONUMENT OF ARRIGO DI S. MARTINO in the basilica of St. Peter (1691)

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Pietro Vito Ottoboni, of a noble Venetian family, b. 22 Oct. 1610, took his doctorate at Padua in both laws, and, having gone to Rome, became successively referendary of the two Signatures, governor of Terni, Rieti and Città di Castello, auditor of the Rota, cardinal on 19 Feb. 1652, bishop of Brescia in 1654. Having returned to Rome, he took a large part in the conclave from which Clement IX emerged elected, who, …

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