Innocent XII
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Innocent XII. converted it into a college for priests, by whom it was sold to the Marquis Giraud.
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Innocent XII. after him, persevered in refusing bulls to the bishops, favourers of the four articles, and he obtained from them a letter which he accepted as a retraction.
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On all sides we see monuments to Popes and Bishops; such as one to Pope Innocent XII., with fine bas-reliefs in marble.
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Innocent XII., a.d. 1691-1700, could boast of having secured the complete subjugation of the Gallican clergy after a hard struggle.
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The new Pope Innocent XII. showed himself far less amicably disposed towards William than his two predecessors.
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