Editing Pope Clement XIII (section)

===Death===
[[File:St. Peter's Basilica, Monument to Pope Clement XIII, by Antonio Canova, 1792 (48466617492).jpg|thumb|Clement XIII's tomb in [[St. Peter's Basilica]]]]
Clement XIII died during the night of 2 February 1769 in Rome. He had participated in the solemnities to mark the [[Candlemas|Feast of the Purification of Mary]], and was noted to have participated with much fervor that would indicate good health. After lunch, he had a series of audiences, though did not leave the palace due to the exceptionally cold weather that had marred that week. He later received his nephew in an audience and then met with the [[Cardinal Secretary of State]] before he would dine with his nephew, Abondio Rezzonico, the senator of Rome. However, as the pope was getting ready for bed after reciting the evening prayers with his aide drawing off his stockings, he suddenly collapsed on his bed, exclaiming, "O God, O God, what pain!" The doctor, immediately summoned, tried [[blood-letting]], but Clement XIII died quickly with blood gurgling in his mouth at around 5:15pm. It is generally believed that the pope experienced an [[aneurysm]] of a [[blood vessel]] near the heart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pickle-publishing.com/papers/triple-crown-clement-xiii.htm|title=Pope Clement XIII: Proceedings of the Conclave that led to his election|publisher=Pickle Publishing|date=2005|author=|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1769.html|title=Sede Vacante 1769|publisher=CSUN|date=4 July 2015|author=John Paul Adams|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref> 

He was laid to rest on 8 February 1769 in the Vatican but his remains were transferred on 27 September 1774 to a monument in the Vatican that had been sculpted by [[Antonio Canova]] at the request of Senator Abbondio Rezzonico, the nephew of the late pontiff.

He was described in the ''[[Annual Register]]'' for 1758 as "the honestest man in the world; a most exemplary ecclesiastic; of the purest morals; devout, steady, learned, diligent..."<ref>{{cite book  |title=The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politicks, and Literature, of the Year 1758 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxrygMcR8fcC&pg=PA102 |location=London |publisher=R. and J. Dodsley |page=102 |date=1759 }}</ref>