Clement XI
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"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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2015
In 1713, when it threatened the papal herds, Pope Clement XI asked his personal physician, Dr. Giovanni Maria Lancisi, to stop it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2011
Clement XI declared a Holy Year in 1702 for the specific purpose of dampening festive spirits and any inclination to noise.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010
But the permission was soon withdrawn, and Pope Clement XI later forbade some of the native customs which the Jesuits had allowed converts to retain.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the pavement is the gravestone of Clement XI.,
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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