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242nd Roman Pontiff
Innocent XII
INNOCENTIVS Duodecimus
Antonio Pignatelli
241st Successor of St Peter · 1691–1700 · Italy · b. Spinazzola, Kingdom of Naples
1691
Elected
1700
Reign ended
9 years
Length
17th
Century
The Life
Subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Issued the bull Romanum decet Pontificem (1692) to stop nepotism. Erected various charitable and educational institutions.
Portrait: Antonio Zanchi / Wikimedia Commons