Editing Pope Innocent XIII (section)

===Cardinalate===
On 7 June 1706, Conti was elevated to the cardinalate under [[Pope Clement XI]] (1700–21) and was made the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal-Priest]] of [[Santi Quirico e Giulitta]]. His appointment came about as the replacement of Gabriele Filippucci who resigned the cardinalate. He would receive his titular church on 23 February 1711. From 1697 to 1710 he acted as papal [[nuncio]] to the [[Kingdom of Portugal]], where he is believed to have formed those unfavourable impressions of the [[Jesuits]] which afterwards influenced his conduct towards them. While in Portugal, he was witness to Father [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s early [[aerostat]] experiments.

He was also transferred to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Osimo|Osimo]] as its archbishop in 1709 and was later translated one last time to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Viterbo|Viterbo e Toscanella]] in 1712. He resigned his position in his diocese due to illness in 1719.