Clement XI

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noun

1. Giovanni Francesco Albani, 1649–1721, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1700–21.

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Example Sentences

"La Resurrezione" is a product of Handel's apprenticeship in Rome, where it had its premiere on Easter Sunday in 1708 and immediately offended Pope Clement XI.

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In the pavement is the gravestone of Clement XI.,

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I will, in due Time and Place, give you a Narrative of the Ceremonies of the Holy Week, which, tho’ I was present at once before, during the Pontificate of Clement XI.

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Cardinal Noailles, Archbishop of Paris, was at first one of its strongest supporters until the book, after a critical examination by a Papal commission, was condemned by Pope Clement XI. in 1713.

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A similar fate awaited a second appeal to Clement XI. in 1701.

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