Editing Pope Alexander VIII (section)

==Death and burial==
On 16 October 1690, the day that he celebrated a canonization Mass, it was noticed that Alexander VIII appeared to look relatively sluggish and hence seemed like he had fallen ill. While it was hypothesized that he may have had a minor [[stroke]], his doctors suggested that the pope rest but were unsure of what exactly had caused the pope to fall ill. On 20 January 1691, Cardinal [[Charles Auguste Marie Joseph, Count of Forbin-Janson|Forbin Janson]] informed King Louis XIV that the pope was seriously ill, and on 22 January, that his condition had dramatically deteriorated and that his nephew was pessimistic about his uncle's chances. On 27 January, it was reported that [[gangrene]] had set in while Alexander VIII met with twelve cardinals on 30 January. Alexander VIII died at 4:00pm on 1 February 1691 while a [[Plague (disease)|plague]] from Naples had spread to Rome, infecting the pope and hastening his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1691.html|title=Sede Vacante 1691|publisher=CSUN|author=John Paul Adams|date=11 August 2015|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref>

His grandiose tomb in [[St. Peter's Basilica|Saint Peter's]] was commissioned by his grandnephew, Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, and designed by Count [[Arrigo di San Martino]]. The bas-relief at the base and the flanking figures (1704) were sculpted by [[Angelo de' Rossi]], while the bronze statue of the pope was cast by [[Giuseppe Bertosi]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxQimdgBw0gC |title = Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) and the Vatican Tomb of Pope Alexander VIII|isbn = 9780871692528|last1 = Olszewski|first1 = Edward J.|year = 2004| publisher=American Philosophical Society }}</ref>