Innocent XII

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noun

1. Antonio Pignatelli, 1615–1700, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1691–1700.

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Innocent XII

Innocent XII ordered it to be destroyed in 1697.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2010

Guido has been tried and found guilty, but, on appeal, the case had been referred to the Pope, Innocent XII.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur

In Italy the lottery was proscribed by Innocent XII.,

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

In 1692 he was called to Rome by Innocent XII, to take the place of his preacher-in-ordinary.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

This is what appears from the letter mentioned above, written by five distinguished prelates of France to Pope Innocent XII, against that posthumous book by Cardinal Sfondrati.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.