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230th Roman Pontiff
Innocent IX
INNOCENTIVS Nonus
Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti
229th Successor of St Peter · 1591–1591 · Italy · b. Bologna, Papal States
1591
Elected
1591
Reign ended
62 days
Length
16th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Supported the cause of King Philip II of Spain and the Catholic League against King Henry IV of France in the French Wars of Religion. Prohibited alienation of church property.
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