Portrait by Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c. 1671 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
29 April 1670
Papacy ended
22 July 1676
Predecessor
Clement IX
Successor
Innocent XI
Orders
Ordination
6 April 1624 by Marcantonio Barbarigo
Consecration
30 November 1627 by Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese
Created cardinal
29 November 1669 by Clement IX
Personal details
Born
Emilio Bonaventura Altieri
(1590-07-13)13 July 1590
Rome, Papal States
Died
22 July 1676(1676-07-22) (aged 86) Rome, Papal States
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Camerino (1627–1666)
Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of Naples (1644–1652)
Secretary of the S.C. of Bishops and Regulars (1657–1667)
Coat of arms
Other popes named Clement
Papal styles of Pope Clement X
Reference style
His Holiness
Spoken style
Your Holiness
Religious style
Holy Father
Posthumous style
None
Pope Clement X (Latin: Clemens X; Italian: Clemente X; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death, in July 1676. Elected pope at age 79, he has since been ranked as the oldest pope at the time of his election.
Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, born in Rome in 1590, belonged to the Papal nobility. He received a doctorate in law and held various positions within the Catholic Church, including Bishop of Camerino and Superintendent of the Papal Exchequer. At the age of almost 80, he was elected Pope Clement X in 1670 after a four-month-long conclave. As Pope, he canonized and beatified various saints, promoted good relations between Christian countries, and made efforts to preserve the Altieri family name by adopting the Paoluzzi family. He also established a new tax in Rome, which led to conflicts with ambassadors and cardinals. Clement X celebrated the fourteenth jubilee of the holy year in 1675 despite his old age. During his pontificate, he created 20 cardinals, including Pietro Francesco Orsini, who later became Pope Benedict XIII.
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February 1671. Through the influence of his family, he was named, by PopeClementX, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto on 22 February 1672 (allegedly against...
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Flavio Chigi. Under PopeClement IX, the tomb was originally to be placed in the choir of Santa Maria Maggiore. After Clement's death, the idea was abandoned...
the death of PopeClement IX (1667–69) in 1669, but the French government rejected him (using the now-abolished veto). After PopeClementX (1670–76) died...
of PopeClementX, who in turn formally adopted the cardinal as his own nephew and allowed him to take the pontiff's own surname, "Altieri". Pope Clement...
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original papal decree for the coronation of the image was issued by PopeClement XIII, the coronation did not take place for a few reasons such as not...
and devotion to her remained intense after her death which prompted PopeClementX to approve her beatification in 1671. Ludovica Albertoni was born in...
Reyes to the diocese of Coria, Diego Ros de Medrano was presented to PopeClementX by Mariana de Austria, with Nithard as ambassador in Rome (March 18...
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