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244th Roman Pontiff
Innocent XIII
INNOCENTIVS Tertius Decimus
Michelangelo dei Conti
243rd Successor of St Peter · 1721–1724 · Italy · b. Poli, Papal States
1721
Elected
1724
Reign ended
3 years
Length
18th
Century
The Life
Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Prohibited the Jesuits from prosecuting their mission in China, ordering that no new members should be received into the order. Issued the papal bull Apostolici Ministerii (1724), reviving ecclesiastical discipline in Spain and its colonies.
Portrait: Possibly Agostino Masucci / Wikimedia Commons