Editing List of popes (section)

==== 18th century ====
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| 244<br>[[File:C o a Inocentius XIII.svg|40px]]
| [[1721 papal conclave|8 May 1721]] –<br>7 March 1724<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1721|05|08|1724|03|07}})}}
| [[File:InnocientXIII.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Innocent XIII|Innocent XIII]]'''<br>{{small|'''INNOCENTIVS''' Tertius Decimus}}
| Michelangelo dei [[Counts of Segni|Conti]]
| 13 May 1655 [[Poli, Lazio|Poli]], Papal States
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| Subject and later the sovereign of the [[Papal States]]. Prohibited the [[Jesuits]] from prosecuting their mission in [[China]], ordering that no new members should be received into the order. Issued the papal bull ''[[Apostolici Ministerii]]'' (1724), reviving ecclesiastical discipline in [[History of Spain (1700–1808)|Spain]] and [[Spanish Empire|its colonies]].
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| 245<br>[[File:C o a Benedictus XIII.svg|40px]]
| [[1724 papal conclave|29 May 1724]] –<br>21 February 1730<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1724|05|29|1730|02|21}})}}
| [[File:Benedetto XIII.jpg|80px]]
| [[Servant of God]] '''[[Pope Benedict XIII|Benedict XIII]]'''<br>{{small|'''BENEDICTVS''' Tertius Decimus}}
| Pierfrancesco [[Orsini family|Orsini]], [[Dominican Order|O.P.]]
| 2 February 1649 [[Gravina in Puglia]], Kingdom of Naples
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| Subject of the [[Kingdom of Naples]]. Member of the [[Dominican Order]], with the religious name Vincenzo. Third and last member of the [[Orsini family]] to become pope. Originally called Benedict XIV due to [[Antipope Benedict XIII|the antipope]] but reverted to XIII. Repealed the worldwide [[tobacco]] smoking ban set by [[Pope Urban VII|Urban VII]] and [[Pope Urban VIII|Urban VIII]]. During his pontificate, [[James Bradley]] discovered the stellar aberration, proving the relative motion of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun.
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| 246<br>[[File:C o a Clementem XII.svg|40px]]
| [[1730 papal conclave|12 July 1730]] –<br>6 February 1740<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1730|07|12|1740|02|06}})}}
| [[File:Agostino Masucci – Portrait of Pope Clement XII, seated.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Clement XII|Clement XII]]'''<br>{{small|'''CLEMENS''' Duodecimus}}
| Lorenzo [[Corsini family|Corsini]]
| 7 April 1652 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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| Motto: {{lang|la|Dabis discernere inter malum et bonum}} {{small|("You shall deign to distinguish between good and evil")}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/pope/C12.htm |title=Pope Clement XII (1730–1740) |publisher=GCatholic|access-date=14 August 2014|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810191031/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/pope/C12.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
Subject of the [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]]. Commissioned the [[Trevi Fountain]] in Rome (1732). Completed the new façade of the [[Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran]] (1735). Condemned [[Freemasonry]] in ''[[In eminenti apostolatus]]'' (1738).
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| 247<br>[[File:C o a Benedictus XIV.svg|40px]]
| [[1740 papal conclave|17 August 1740]] –<br>3 May 1758<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1740|08|17|1758|05|03}})}}
| [[File:Benoit XIV.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Benedict XIV|Benedict XIV]]'''<br>{{small|'''BENEDICTVS''' Quartus Decimus}}
| Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini
| 31 March 1675 Bologna, Papal States
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| Motto: {{lang|la|Curabuntur omnes}} {{small|("All will be healed")}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/pope/B14.htm |title=Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758) |publisher=GCatholic|access-date=14 August 2014|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326023657/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/pope/B14.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
Subject and later the sovereign of the [[Papal States]]. Reformed the education of [[priests]] and the [[Calendar of Saints|calendar of feasts]]. Completed the [[Trevi Fountain]] and affirmed the teachings of [[Thomas Aquinas]]. Founded academies of art, liturgy, religion, and science. Authorized the publication of an edition of Galileo's complete scientific works, including a mildly censored version of Galileo's ''Dialogue''.
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| 248<br>[[File:C o a Clementem XIII.svg|40px]]
| [[1758 papal conclave|6 July 1758]] –<br>2 February 1769<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1758|07|06|1769|02|02}})}}
| [[File:Anton Raphael Mengs - Portrait of pope Clement XIII, c. 1760.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Clement XIII|Clement XIII]]'''<br>{{small|'''CLEMENS''' Tertius Decimus}}
| Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico
| 7 March 1693 Venice, Republic of Venice
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| Citizen of the [[Republic of Venice]]. Provided the famous fig leaves on nude male statues in the Vatican. Defended the [[Jesuits]] in the bull ''[[Apostolicum pascendi]]'' (1765). During his pontificate (or at the end of his predecessor's pontificate), the general prohibition against works advocating heliocentrism was removed from the ''[[Index of Forbidden Books]]'', although the specific ban on uncensored versions of Galileo's ''Dialogue'' and Copernicus's ''De Revolutionibus'' remained.
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| 249<br>[[File:C o a Clementem XIV.svg|40px]]
| [[1769 papal conclave|19 May 1769]] –<br>22 September 1774<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1769|05|19|1774|09|22}})}}
| [[File:Vincenzo Milione - Portrait of Pope Clement XIV.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Clement XIV|Clement XIV]]'''<br>{{small|'''CLEMENS''' Quartus Decimus}}
| Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, [[Conventual Franciscans|O.F.M. Conv.]]
| 31 October 1705 [[Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna|Sant'<br>Arcangelo di Romagna]], Papal States
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| Subject and later the sovereign of the [[Papal States]]. Member of the [[Conventual Franciscans|Conventual Franciscan Order]], with the religious name Lorenzo. Suppressed the [[Jesuits]] through the brief ''[[Dominus ac Redemptor]]'' (1773).
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| 250<br>[[File:C o a Pius VI.svg|40px]]
| [[1774–1775 papal conclave|15 February 1775]] –<br>29 August 1799<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1775|02|15|1799|08|29}})}}
| [[File:Pompeo Batoni - Ritratto di Papa Pio VI (National Gallery of Ireland).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Pope Pius VI|Pius VI]]'''<br>{{small|'''PIVS''' Sextus}}
| Giovanni Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Antonio [[Braschi family|Braschi]]
| 25 December 1717 [[Cesena]], Papal States
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| Motto: {{lang|la|Floret in Domo Domini}} {{small|("It blossoms in the House of God")}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wind was too Strong |url=http://romeartlover.tripod.com/PiusVI.html |publisher=Rome Art Lover|access-date=12 February 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005642/http://romeartlover.tripod.com/PiusVI.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Subject and later the sovereign of the [[Papal States]]. Condemned the [[French Revolution]]; expelled from the Papal States by the French from 1798 until his death. Last pope to be a patron of [[Renaissance]] art.
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| 29 August 1799 –<br>14 March 1800<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1799|08|29|1800|03|14}})}}
| Six-month [[1799–1800 papal conclave|period]] without a valid pope elected. This was due to unique logistical problems (the former pope died a prisoner and the conclave was in Venice) and a deadlock among cardinals voting.
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| 251<br>[[File:C o a Pius VII.svg|40px]]
| [[1799–1800 papal conclave|14 March 1800]] –<br>20 August 1823<br>{{small|({{Age in years and days|1800|03|14|1823|08|20}})}}
| [[File:Jacques-Louis David 018.jpg|80px]]
| [[Servant of God]] '''[[Pope Pius VII|Pius VII]]'''<br>{{small|'''PIVS''' Septimus}}
|  Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, [[Order of Saint Benedict|O.S.B.]]
| 14 August 1742 Cesena, Papal States
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| Subject and later the sovereign of the [[Papal States]]. Member of the [[Order of Saint Benedict]], with the religious name Gregorio. Present at [[Napoleon]]'s coronation as [[emperor of the French]]. Expelled from the Papal States by the French between 1809 and 1814. Revived the [[Jesuits]] in the bull ''[[Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum]]'' (1814). Organized the [[Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City|Papal Carabinieri Corps]] (1816).
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