Alexander VII

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noun

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

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Example Sentences

Alexander VII had given his consent to this new plan, and Mgr. de Laval was consecrated by the nuncio of the Pope at Paris, on Sunday, December 8th, 1658, in the church of St. Germain-des-Prés.

From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Leblond de Brumath, Adrien

"He is a man powerful in word and deed," he wrote to Pope Alexander VII, "a practising Christian, and the right arm of religion."

From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Leblond de Brumath, Adrien

One especially magnificent chapel arrests the attention, and leaves a lasting impression—that of the Chigi family, built by Fabio Chigi, better known as Pope Alexander VII.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

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

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

Alexander VII, Pontifex Maximus, wrote him into the number of holy and blessed martyrs on the 17th day of April in the year 1664.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)