Editing Pope Innocent XI (section)

===Final days and death===
Innocent XI  is known to have suffered from [[Kidney stone disease|kidney stones]] since 1682 and in 1689 his health declined notably. In June that year he was confined to his bed. For reasons of ill health, he cancelled a consistory of cardinals convoked for 19 June for the examination of bishops and he also cancelled meetings on 21 June. The pope was suddenly assailed by a strong fever on 25 June and on 29 June he was unable to celebrate the solemn Mass for the [[Feast of Saints Peter and Paul]], deputing Cardinal [[Flavio Chigi (1631–1693)|Flavio Chigi]] to celebrate it in his place. The Pope's condition worsened on 2 July and his doctors were led to lance his left leg, which caused fluid release, and eventually to undertake an operation on his right leg on 31 July, and two more in the following two days.<ref name="CSUN">{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1689.html|title=Sede Vacante 1689|publisher=CSUN|access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref>

On 9 August he received the [[Viaticum]] since doctors were of the opinion that he had little time left to live. On 11 August he received in audience Cardinal Leandro Colloredo, who came  to remind him that the pope had been set to raise ten men to the cardinalate but the pope refused to do so despite the cardinal's insistence. On the morning of 12 August he lost the ability to speak and suffered from breathing difficulties.<ref name=CSUN/>

Innocent XI died on 12 August 1689 at 22:00 (Rome time)  Following his death, he was buried in [[St Peter's Basilica]] beneath his funeral monument near the Clementine Chapel, which his nephew, Prince [[Livio Odescalchi]], commissioned.<ref>''Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-Book to Italy'' (1865) describes Innocent XI's tomb as being that of his Monument in St Peter's Basilica, which is near that of Pope Leo XI's monument and tomb. Francis Wey's ''Rome'' (1875) and S. Russell Forbes' ''Rambles in Rome: An Archaeological and Historical Guide'' (1882) also refer to Innocent XI's Monument as being his tomb.</ref><ref>Cevetello, Joseph F.X., "Blessed Innocent XI," ''Homiletic & Pastoral Review''. New York, NY: Joseph F. Wagner, Inc., 1957. Pp. 331–339.</ref> The monument, which was designed and sculpted by [[Pierre-Étienne Monnot]], features the pope seated upon the throne above a sarcophagus with a base-relief showing the liberation of Vienna from the Turks by [[John III Sobieski]], flanked by two allegorical figures representing Faith and Fortitude.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/Monuments/InnocentXI/InnocentXI.htm/ |title=Monument to Bl. Innocent XI |publisher=SaintPetersBasilica.org |access-date=21 June 2011}}</ref><ref>Reardon, Wendy J. (2004), ''The Deaths of the Popes'', Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. P. 215.</ref>

In April 2011 the remains of Innocent XI were moved to make way for remains of the [[Beatification of Pope John Paul II|beatified John Paul II]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kerr|first=David|title=Pope Innocent XI's remains make way for John Paul II|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/22313/pope-innocent-xis-remains-make-way-for-john-paul-ii|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Catholic News Agency|language=en}}</ref>