Editing Pope Clement XI (section)

===Cardinalate===
[[File:ALBANI GIOVANFRANCESCO.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of Cardinal Albani, {{circa|1690}}]]
[[Pope Alexander VIII]] elevated him to the cardinalate in 1690 despite his protests and made him the Cardinal-Deacon of [[Santa Maria in Aquiro]] but he later opted for the ''Diaconia'' of [[Sant'Adriano al Foro]] and later, as the Cardinal-Priest, for the ''titulus'' of [[San Silvestro in Capite]]. He was then ordained to the priesthood in September 1700 and celebrated his first Mass in Rome on 6 October 1700.