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Name:
Pope Clement XIII
Born: Carlo Rezzonico
Preceded by: Benedict XIV (1740 - 1758)
Succeeded by: Clement XIV (1769 - 1774)
Roman Catholic Pope #249
Dates:
Born: March 7, 1693 (Venice, Italy)
Died: February 2, 1769
Pope: July 6, 1758 - February 2, 1769 (10 years)
Biography:
Clement XIII's papacy was almost entirey caught up with scandals involving the Jesuits.
Josephy I of Portugal became convinced that the Jesuits had conspired to assassinate him
and exiled them in 1759. He was encouraged to take this course of action by his prime
minister, the Marquis de Pombal, who had come to hate the Jesuits over their intereference
with Portugal's political and economic goals in South America. The banishment of the Jesuits
not only eliminated that source of interference, but it also allowed the government to
confiscate their assets both in Portugal and in the colonies, providing quite a financial windfall.
Clement, of course, hotly protested this act and as a consequence, Portugal expelled his nuncio and broke off all diplomatic ties with the Vatican - a situation that would persist for a decade. Other countries were emboldened by Portugals radical actions and soon followed suit. Both France and Spain kicked them out over the coming years; when many tried to settle in Corsica, they were banished from there as well.
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