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Clement X was the 239th man to serve as pope and the 10th to choose Clement as his name. This article will try to distinguish him from the many other popes by showcasing his life, papal legacy and even give a few personal tidbits about the man at the end.

Life Before the Papacy.

Emilio Bonaventura Altieri was born to Lorenzo Altieri and Victoria Delfin. The Altieri were one of Rome’s oldest and most influential noble families and Victoria was Venetian nobility. Two of his maternal uncles had connections to the church; Flaminio was commander general of the Papal Armies and Gentile was bishop of Camerino. Emilio also had a brother, named Giambattista.

Altieri earned his doctorate in law from the Roman College in 1611. Upon finishing his education in 1623, he was made auditor to Giovanni Battista Lancellotti, nuncio of Poland. His proper ordination came in April 6th, 1624 and he would become the new bishop of Camerino after his uncle Gentile. Altieri would also become governor of Lorenta and the entirety of Umbria. Pope Urban VIII tasked him with protecting Ravenna from

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Pope Clement X

Head of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676

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 on 22 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

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Pope Clement X

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(EMILIO ALTIERI).

Born at Rome, 13 July, 1590; elected 29 April, 1670, and died at Rome, 22 July, 1676. Unable to secure the election of any of the prominent candidates, the cardinals finally, after a conclave of four months and twenty days, resorted to the old expedient of electing a cardinal of advanced years; they united upon Cardinal Altieri, an octogenarian, whose long life had been spent in the service of the Church, and whom Clement IX, on the eve of his death, had raised to the dignity of the purple. The reason a prelate of such transcendent merits received the cardinalate so late in life seems to have been that he had waived his claims to the elevation in favour of an older brother. He protested vigorously against this use of the papal robes as a funeral shroud, but at length was persuaded to accept, and out of gratitude to his benefactor