Pope Clement XI from Northern ALBANIA Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco ALBANI, was Pope from 23 November 1700 to his death in 1721. Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library, his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome’s antiquity. In fact, he authorized excavations of the Roman catacombs. Giovanni Francesco Albani was born in Urbino, into a noble family that had established itself there from northern ALBANIA in the 15th century and were originally soldiers of Scanderbeg against the Ottoman Empire. During his reign as a pope the famous Illyricum Sacrum was commissioned, and today it is one of the main sources of the field of Albanology, with over 5,000 pages divided in several volumes written by Daniele Farlati and Dom. Coletti. He was governor of Rieti and Urbino, and was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro by Pope Alexander VIII. He succeeded as pope on 23 November 1700. After the death of Pope Innocent XII, a conclave was convoked to elect a successor. Albani was regarded as a fine diplomat known for his skills as a peacemaker and so was unanimously elected pope on 23 November 1700. But his election came only a day after his ordination as priest and a few hours after he celebrated his first mass. After the conclave had arrived at the two-thirds majority needed for election, Albani was ordained a bishop and assumed the pontifical name of Clement XI. Soon after his accession, the War of Spanish Succession broke out. Despite initially holding an ambiguous neutrality, Clement was later forced to name Charles, Archduke of Austria, as King of Spain, since the imperial army had conquered much of northern Italy and was threatening Rome itself (January 1709). By the Treaty of Utrecht that concluded the War, the Papal States lost their suzerainty over the Farnese Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in favour of Austria, and lost Comacchio as well. It was a blow from which the declining prestige of the Papal States would never recover. In 1713 the bull Unigenitus was published greatly disturbing the peace of the Gallican (French) church. The bull, which was produced with the contribution of Gregorio Selleri, a lector at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, fostered the condemnation of Jansenism by condemning 101 propositions from the works of Quesnel as heretical and as identical with propositions already condemned in the writings of Jansen. The resistance of many French ecclesiastics and the refusal of the French parlements to register the bull led to controversies extending through the greater part of the 18th century. Because the local governments did not officially receive the bull, it was not, technically, in force in those areas – an example of the interference of states in religious affairs common before the 20th century. During his time as pope, Clement XI made a concerted effort to acquire Christian manuscripts in Syriac from Egypt and other places in the Middle East, greatly expanding the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticanas collection of Syriac works. Clement XI also was key in the decision to allow cats back into Christian homes after they were seen as overtly Pagan symbols. ------------ Papa Klementi XI (Gjon Françesk Albani l. 23 korrik 1649, Urbino - v. 19 mars 1721, Roma) ishte papa i 243 i Kishës Katolike. Shërbeu si papë që nga zgjedhja e tij më 23 nëntor 1700 dhe deri më 19 mars 1721. Paraardhës i tij ishte papa Inoçenti XII, ndërsa pasardhësi papa Inoçenti XIII. Papa Klementi XI - Albani vdiq me 19 mars 1721 mbasi e udhëhoqi kishën katolike për 21 vjet rrjesht dhe rreshtohet i katërti për nga vitet ne krye të Kishës Katolike mbas Shën Pjetrit me 35 vjet, Papa Piu IX me 31 vjet, Papa Gjon Pali II me 26 vjet. Ju lutemi bëjeni LIKE & SHARE (Shperndajeni) tek miqt tuaj në facebook! Respekte!
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