Clement XII

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Lorenzo Corsini, 1652–1740, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1730–40.

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He elbowed, criticised, scolded and toadied to Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx and other office-holders.
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The symbol of the heaven-bound ship— —is mentioned by Clement of Alexandria as being in vogue in the second century.
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It was doubtless a seal of this character to which Clement of Alexandria alludes as bearing the —the ship in full sail for heaven.
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But Clement only laughed and spread out his hands, for Corsica chooses to ignore the game laws.
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