Editing Pope Clement IX (section)

==Death and burial==
Clement IX died in Rome, allegedly of a broken heart, on 9 December 1669. His successor, [[Pope Clement X]] (r. 1670–1676), built him an ornate tomb in the basilica of [[Santa Maria Maggiore]]; he was the last pope interred there until the death and burial of [[Pope Francis]] in 2025.

Clement IX was seriously ill throughout the [[autumn]] in 1669 with a [[hernia]] and [[kidney stones]]. Despite his illness and his anxiety over the Turkish advances in Crete, he travelled on a pilgrimage to the seven Roman basilicas, however, that night, he had a severe apoplexy. On 29 November, just ten days before he died, he named seven new cardinals and announced one whom he had reserved "''[[in pectore]]''". However, the dying pope intended to create a "faction" for his nephew with which to use in the next conclave to defend his policies. Clement IX died of a stroke on 9 December, and it is believed this was perhaps brought on by learning of the defeat and expulsion of the Venetians from Crete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1670.html|title=Sede Vacante 1669-1670|publisher=CSUN|author=John Paul Adams|date=24 June 2015|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref>

Following his death, the Florentine agent in Rome, writing to Grand Duke [[Ferdinando II de' Medici]] a few days later, accuses the late Clement IX of having hidden the fact that he was [[epileptic]], which would have, according to the canon law in place at the time, disqualified him from exercising any ecclesiastical functions, however, this has never been proven.<ref name=PPC/>