Alexander VII

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1. Fabio Chigi, 1599–1667, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1655–67.

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Alexander VII

The thing that surprised the Canon most was the tomb of Alexander VII, because there is a skeleton on it.

From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis

In the year 1659, during the pontificate of Alexander VII, it was observed at Rome, that many young women became widows, and that many husbands died when they became disagreeable to their wives.

From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An

November 18th, 1626; the colonnade added by Alexander VII.,

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

The proposition was omitted altogether in the second edition of his work, and, being formally condemned by Alexander VII, in 1665, was never after defended by any catholic divine.

From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)

In 1656 a decision more or less favourable to the Jesuits was given by Alexander VII.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James