Cardinals created by Alexander VII information

Pope Alexander VII (r. 1655–1667) created thirty eight new cardinals in six consistories: Flavio Chigi, Cardinal-Nephew – cardinal-priest of S. Maria...

points in 1679. Alexander VII created 38 cardinals in six consistories which included Flavio Chigi, his nephew in the role of Cardinal-Nephew, while naming...

Pope Innocent VII (r. 1404–1406), the third Pope in the obedience of Rome during the Great Western Schism, created eleven new cardinals in one consistory...

family List of popes from the Medici family Cardinals created by Clement VII Miranda, Salvador. "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary...

chose the pontifical name of "Alexander VIII" in gratitude to Cardinal Flavio Chigi, the nephew of Pope Alexander VII, who also had helped support his...

Poussin. Appointed as a cardinal by Pope Alexander VII, Rospigliosi was elected as Pope Clement IX in 1667. His pontificate was marked by mediation during European...

pronounced in his name by Malatesta and accepted by the cardinals. As they had agreed previously, they retained all the cardinals created by Gregory XII, thus...

Bandinelli was elected pope and took the name Alexander III. A minority of the cardinals, however, elected the cardinal priest Octavian, who assumed the name...

September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (French: Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing...

and Urban VI's election. A group of French cardinals declared his election invalid and elected Clement VII as pope. After several attempts at reconciliation...

feared that the cardinals would elect a French pope and return the papacy to Avignon. Consequently, they rioted and laid siege to the cardinals, insisting...

pontificate of Pope Alexander VII. In 1664, Altieri was elevated to Cardinal in pectore by Pope Alexander VII. His elevation to cardinal was published in...

an apostolic nuncio in Spain. He was created cardinal by Pope Alexander VII on 15 February 1666 and published by the same Pontiff in the Consistory of...

which gave the cardinals exclusive rights concerning the election of a new pope. Pope Gregory VII was one of the few popes elected by acclamation. On...

deaths of cardinals in previous conclaves, but older cardinals insisted on holding the conclave there. Alexander VII had created 34 of the cardinals present...

Under Pope Clement VII (1523–34) he was named Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the College of Cardinals. On the death of Clement VII in 1534, he was...

between Cardinal Colonna and Cardinal de' Medici. There was also a division among the cardinals between 'the Elders' and the 'Younger Cardinals' (those...

numbering. Many antipopes created cardinals, known as quasi-cardinals, and a few created cardinal-nephews, known as quasi-cardinal-nephews. Antipopes still...

December 1656. Nicola Guidi di Bagno was created cardinal priest in the consistory of 9 April 1657 by Pope Alexander VII and was assigned the title of Sant'Eusebio...

was considered a leading 'creature' of Alexander VII who had not been too lenient with the French. Cardinals Pietro Ottoboni and Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri...

resulted in the election of Pope Pius VII. Consalvi was created Cardinal-Deacon and named Cardinal Secretary of State by the new pope in the secret consistory...

Innocent X was succeeded by Pope Alexander VII who had promised Innocent X that he would build more schools in Europe. Cardinals created by Innocent X Pamphili...

Innocent X (r. 1644–1655) created 40 cardinals in 8 consistories: Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphilj, nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Domnica...

was an Italian cardinal of the Mancini family. He was made a cardinal by Pope Alexander VII, in reward for contributing to Alexander's election as pope...

(1402). He was created cardinal by Pope Innocent VII (1404–1406) in 1405. At the Council of Pisa (from 25 March 1409), the assembled cardinals elected Peter...

1408, without need, he insisted on creating four new cardinals, two of whom were his nephews. The current cardinals objected loudly, citing the Electoral...

elected Pope Alexander VII. He was later, rather ironically, appointed cardinal-protector of the Kingdom of Naples. On 24 January 1661 the cardinals elected...