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Alexander VIII

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Also known as Pope Alexander VIII, Pietro Vito Ottoboni, Pietro Ottoboni, Alessandro VIII, Alexander VIII. Papst, Petrus Otthobonus, pape Alexandre VIII

pope of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691

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Alexander VIII was a pope who led the Catholic Church for about two years in the late 1600s. His brief papacy occurred during an important period in European history when the Church's influence and relationships with various nations were shifting.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Alexander
Gender
male
Citizenship
Republic of Venice
Place of birth
Venice
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
Catholic bishop
Educated at
University of Padua
Languages spoken
Latin
Religion
Catholic Church
Award
Supreme Order of Christ
Participant in
1655 papal conclave
Image
Portrait of Pope Alexander VIII – Roman School of 17th Century – (unframed).jpg
Work location
Papal States
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place of burial
St. Peter's Basilica
Commons category
Alexander VIII
date of birth
1610-04-22
date of death
1691-02-01
name in native language
Alexander PP. VIII
topic's main category
Category:Pope Alexander VIII
birth name
Pietro Vito Ottoboni
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
gangrene
consecrator
Clement IX
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Pope Alexander VIII (Italian: Alessandro VIII; 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 1689 to his death in February 1691. He is the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Alexander".

Alexander VIII is known for having overturned many of the policies of his predecessor, Innocent XI, deciding to indulge in nepotism in order to further enrich his family. Such nepotism exhausted the papal treasury, later forcing his successor, Innocent XII, to implement austere measures to restore the papal coffers. Despite his brief papacy, during which little of importance was undertaken, Alexander VIII is known for having condemned the doctrines of the so-called philosophical sin which was being taught in schools run by the Society of Jesus. Also during his papacy, King Louis XIV of France restored Avignon to the Holy See as a territory of the Papal States.

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