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Innocent XI

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  1. Benedetto Odescalchi, 1611–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1676–89.


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For the special condemnation by Innocent XI, see Viva, Damnatae Theses, Pavia, 1715, pp. 112-114.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

The following sketch of the life of Innocent XI.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

At the same moment, Charles II., disquieted, tormented, and worn out with an endless train of doubts, consulted Pope Innocent XI.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

Two bishops, however, stood out against the edicts, and were deprived of their revenues in consequence; they were at the same time supported in their opposition by Pope Innocent XI.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

Pope in 1591; Innocent X., Pope from 1644 to 1655, condemned Jansenism; Innocent XI.,

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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