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    Pope Alexander VIII (Italian: Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler...
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    Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and...
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    of Sweden. He would serve as a papal prelate under Pope Alexander VIII and was appointed by Pope Innocent XII as the Referendary of the Apostolic Signatura...
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  • reigned 1492–1503 Pope Alexander VII (1599–1667), reigned 1655–1667 Pope Alexander VIII (1610–1691), reigned 1689–1691 Alexander Pope (1688–1744), English...
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    the policies of Pope Innocent XI, who started the battle against nepotism but which did not gain traction under Pope Alexander VIII. To that end, he...
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    Pope Innocent VIII (Latin: Innocentius VIII; Italian: Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic...
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    Pope Gregory VIII (Latin: Gregorius VIII; c. 1100/1105 – 17 December 1187), born Alberto di Morra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal...
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    Pope Urban VIII (Latin: Urbanus VIII; Italian: Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic...
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    Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), Roman pope Pope Alexander VII (1599–1667) Pope Alexander VIII (pope 1689–1691) Alexander of Constantinople, bishop of Constantinople...
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    Pope Gregory XII (1406–1415) Pope Eugene IV (1431–1447) Pope Paul II (1464–1471) Pope Alexander VIII (1689–1691) Pope Clement XIII (1758–1769) Pope Gregory...
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    Pope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifatius PP. VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the...
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    John of God (category Canonizations by Pope Alexander VIII)
    poor, sick and those with mental disorders. Cidade was canonized by Pope Alexander VIII and is considered one of the leading religious figures in the history...
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    Pope Alexander VIII (r. 1689–1691) created 14 cardinals in three consistories. Pietro Ottoboni Bandino Panciatici Giacomo Cantelmo Ferdinando d'Adda Toussaint...
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    Paschal Baylón (category Canonizations by Pope Alexander VIII)
    and in 1618 he was beatified; Pope Alexander VIII canonized him a saint on 16 October 1690. On 28 November 1897, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed St Paschal...
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  • themselves." First pope listed as a martyr by Irenaeus' Against Heresies Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope St. Eusebius Mann, H. (1910). Pope John VIII. In The Catholic...
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    Nicomedia and chosen nuncio to Vienna, receiving a dispensation from Pope Alexander VIII since he had not yet been ordained a priest. He did not proceed to...
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    of Sweden and after her death in Rome in 1689, had been bought by Pope Alexander VIII for the Vatican collection. The time of separation of these drawings...
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    error had been conflated with legends about a female Pope Joan, whom some authors called John VIII. She was never listed in the Annuario Pontificio. Antipope...
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    John of Capistrano (category Canonizations by Pope Alexander VIII)
    celebrated 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII. The Bull of Canonization, Rationis Congruit, was published on 4 June 1724 by Pope Benedict XIII. In 1890,...
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  • Antipope (redirect from Anti-pope)
    distinguish which of two claimants should be called pope and which antipope, as in the case of Pope Leo VIII and Pope Benedict V. Hippolytus of Rome (d. 235) is...
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