246th Roman Pontiff

Clement XII

CLEMENS Duodecimus

Lorenzo Corsini

245th Successor of St Peter · 1730–1740 · Italy · b. Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany

1730

Elected

1740

Reign ended

10 years

Length

18th

Century

The Life

Motto: Dabis discernere inter malum et bonum ("You shall deign to distinguish between good and evil") Subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Commissioned the Trevi Fountain in Rome (1732). Completed the new façade of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1735). Condemned Freemasonry in In eminenti apostolatus (1738).

‹ Predecessor

Servant of God Benedict XIII

Successor ›

Benedict XIV

Portrait: Agostino Masucci / Wikimedia Commons

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