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Innocent X

Type Figure Region Vatican Time 1574–1655 Also known as Pope Innocent X、Innocentius X、Giovanni Battista Pamphili、若望·巴蒂斯塔·潘菲利

Innocent X (1574–1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphili, became pope after his election in 1644.…

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  1. 1631–1640Rome · RomeIn the 1630s Pamphili was a core cardinal of the Curia, involved in papal financial and diplomatic decisions, and engaged in rivalry with the powerful Barberini family under Urban VIII. His steady, conservative stance laid the groundwork for his later support from France and other powers in the papal election.
  2. 1644–1655Vatican · VaticanElected pope in September 1644, taking the name Innocent X. During his reign he dealt with the European order after the Peace of Westphalia, convened a council against Jansenism, and commissioned Bernini to build the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, embodying papal authority in religion and visual culture.

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