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Clement IX

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  1. Giulio Rospigliosi, 1600–69, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1667–69.


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The online Catholic magazine Crux noted that five popes — Pius V, Sixtus V, Clement XIII, Paul V and Clement IX — are interred in that basilica.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023

One barometer beyond the sphere of purely liturgical music was the fate of the Tor di Nona Theater, which Clement IX and Queen Christina of Sweden jointly established as Rome’s first public stage for opera.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010

The house of Rospigliosi, one of the oldest in Italy, dates back to 1330, was once headed by Pope Clement IX.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in 1669 Pope Clement IX delighted even Switzerland's Protestants by cutting ecclesiastical red tape and authorizing Nicolas de Flue's beatification.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the right of the western entrance is the tomb of the Rospigliosi pope, Clement IX.

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