Clement X

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noun

1. Emilio Altieri, 1590–1676, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1670–76.

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Example Sentences

THE SO-CALLED “WINE of the popes,” Frascati is said to have once flowed from the fountains of Rome to celebrate the inaugurations of two particular pontiffs, Clement X and Innocent X, in the 17th century.

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The first chapel on a line with the choir—the burial-place of the Altieri family—has an altar-piece, by Carlo Maratta, representing five saints canonized by Clement X., presented to the Virgin by St. Peter.

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Now, on the right, is the tomb of Clement X., Gio.

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Pope Clement X., who had been bishop of Camerino, had a peculiar veneration for this saint.

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After Clement IX. had suppressed for awhile the disputes excited by the formulary, and that the cardinal Altieri had, for the space of six years, peacefully governed the church under the name of Clement X. his uncle Odescalchi, or Innocent XI. bore with him to the chair of St Peter more energy and ambition.

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