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Census • Person • Pope Benedict XIII
aka: Pietro Francesco Orsini, Vincenzo Maria Orsini

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born	active	died
1649, Feb 2	1724-1730	1730, Feb 21

Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1724 until his death in1730. A man not of wordly matters, he endeavoured to put a stop to the decadent lifestyles of the Italian priesthood and of the cardinalate. He also abolished the lottery in Rome. The government was effectively held in his lieu by Cardinal Niccolò Coscia, who had been Benedict XIII's secretary when he was archbishop of Benevento, and who committed a long series of financial abuses at his own advantage, causing the ruin of the Papal treasure.

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	Pope Benedict XIII	1649, Feb 2	1724		1730	1730, Feb 21

Mojsije Rajovic	unknown	1712	1725	unknown
Patriarch (1712-1725)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Vikentije I Popovic	unknown	1713	1725	unknown
Metropolitan of Karlovci (1713-1725)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Astuatsatur I	unknown	1715	1725	unknown
Catholicose of All Armenian (1715-1725)*
Cornelius Steenoven	unknown	1723	1725	unknown
Archbishop of Utrecht (1723-1725)*Old Catholicism: Church of Utrecht
Cotton Mather	1663, Feb 12	1685	1726	1728, Feb 13
a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphle...
Peter VI	unknown	1718	1726	1726, Apr 2
104th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church (1718-...
Callinicus III	unknown	1720	1726	1726, Nov 20
was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for one day in 1726. He is sometimes not counted among...
Esayi Hasan-Jalalean	unknown	1702	1728	unknown
Catholicose of Aluank' (1702-1728)*
David Nieto	1654	1702	1728	1728, Jan 10
the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London, later succeeded in this capac...
Ioannikios II	unknown	1721	1728	unknown
Archbishop of Sinai (1721-1728)* Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
Herman Witte	1666	1721	1728	1728
Bishop of Turku (1721-1728)* Lutheran Finish Church
Krikor III	unknown	1721	1729	unknown
Catholicose of Cilicia (1721-1729)* Armenian Apostolic Church
Karapet II	unknown	1726	1729	unknown
the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1726 and 1729. Because of grave politica...
Matthias Steuchius	1644, Oct 26	1690	1730	1730, Aug 2
the Bishop of the Diocese of Lund, 1694 to 1714 and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Lutheran Swedish...
Ahmed III	1673, Dec 30/31	1703	1730	1736, Jul 1
the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1703 to 1...
Laurence Eusden	1688, Sep	1711	1730	1730, Sep 27
an English poet who became Poet Laureate in 1718. Eusden, who was thirty years-old at the time of...
Varlaam II	unknown	1722	1730	unknown
Metropolitan of Kiev (1722-1730)* Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Mojsije I Petrovic	unknown	1727	1730	unknown
Metropolitan of Karlovci (1727-1730)* Serbian Orthodox Church
Chrysanthos I	unknown	1707	1731	unknown
Patriarch (1707-1731)* Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Daniil II	unknown	1719	1731	unknown
Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia (1719-1731)* Romanian Orthodox Church
Hovhannes VI	unknown	1729	1731	unknown
Catholicose of Cilicia (1729-1731)* Armenian Apostolic Church
Jeremias III	unknown	1716	1733	unknown
Ecumenical Patriarch (1716-1726, 1732-1733), restored* Church of Constantinople
Cornelius Johannes Barchman	unknown	1725	1733	unknown
Archbishop of Utrecht (1725-1733)*Old Catholicism: Church of Utrecht
Lars Tammelin	unknown	1728	1733	unknown
Bishop of Turku (1728-1733)* Lutheran Finish Church
Iakovos II	unknown	1713	1734	unknown
Metropolitan of Athens (1713-1734)* Orthodox Church of Greece
Silvestros	unknown	1718	1734	unknown
Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cypru (1718-1734)* Orthodox Church of Cyprus
Kosmas III	unknown	1714	1736	1736
the Ecumenical Patriarch of for the Church of Constantinople from 1714 to 1716. He also served a...
Lobsang Yeshe	1663	1671	1737	1737
the fifth Panchen Lama of the Buddhist Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) of Tibet from 1663-1737. He was bo...
Abraham III	unknown	1708	1737	1737, Apr
the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1734 and 1737. He was bishop of Rodosto, ...
William Wake	1657, Jan 26	1716	1737	1737, Jan 24
a priest and Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1716 until his death in 1737....
Besarion	unknown	1725	1737	unknown
Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (1725-1737) for the Orthodox Church of Georgia. Locum Tenens for e...
Syedna Ismail Badruddin II	unknown	1719	1738	1738
was the 38th Dai (leader) of Dawoodi Bohra. He succeeded the 37th Dai Noor Mohd Nuruddin to the S...
Nikiphoros	unknown	1722	1739	unknown
Metropolitan of Turnovo (1722-1739)* Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Shimoun XIV Sleman	unknown	1700	1740	unknown
Patriarch (1700-1740)*Assyrian Church of the East
Shimoun XIV Sleman	unknown	1700	1740	unknown
Patriarch (1700-1740)* Assyrian Church of the East
Domenti III	unknown	1704	1741	1741
Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (twice, from 1704-1725 and 1739-1741) for the Orthodox Church of G...
Melchior de Polignac	1661, Oct 11	1683	1742	1742, Nov 20
a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. During the last years of Louis XIV, Abbé de Poli...
Andre-Hercule de Fleury	1653, Jun 22/26	1679	1743	1743, Jan 29
a French cardinal who served as the chief minister of Louis XV. He was sent to Paris as a child t...
Lancelot Blackburne	1658, Dec 10	1680	1743	1743, Mar 23
an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. He w...
Christodoulos	unknown	1718	1745	unknown
Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1718-1745)* Ethiopian Church
Ioasaph II	unknown	1718	1745	unknown
Archbishop of Ohrid (1718-1745)* Orthodox Church of Macedonia
Abraham Rozanes	unknown	1720	1745	unknown
Chief Rabbi (1720-1745)* Ottoman Empire
Ignatius Shukr Allah II	unknown	1723	1745	unknown
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East (1723-1745)* Syrian Orthodox Church
Pope John XVII	unknown	1727	1745	1745, Apr 20
the 105th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Orthodox Church fr...
Nikiphoros	unknown	1728	1747	unknown
Archbishop of Sinai (1728-1747)* Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
Arsenije IV Jovanovic Sakabenta	1698	1725	1748	1748, Jan 18
the Patriarch of Serbs from 1725 to 1737 and Metropolitan of Karlovci from 1737 to his death in 1...
Aaron Hart	1670	1692	1756	1756
the first chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1...
Simon Awad	1683	1708	1756	1756, Feb 12
the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1743 to his death in 1756, remembered as an Arab writer. I...
Paisius II	unknown	1712	1756	1756, Dec 11
was Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople for four times (1726-1732; 1740-1743; 1...
Kelzang Gyatso	1708	1720	1757	1757
the 7th Dalai Lama for the Gelug (Yellow Hat Buddhism) of Tibet. Kelzang Gyatso was born in Litha...
Luvsandambiydonmi	unknown	1724	1757	unknown
1724-1757, Tibetan Buddhism, Mongolia; Buddhism
King George II	1683, Oct 30	1727	1760	1760, Oct 25
King of Great Britain and Ireland, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Duke of Brunswick-L...
Nerses V	unknown	1706	1763	unknown
(anti-catholicos) Catholicose of Aluank' (1706-1763)*
Edward Wigglesworth	1693 ca	1710	1765	1765
a clergyman, teacher and theologian in Colonial America. His father was clergyman and author Mich...
Silvestros I	unknown	1724	1766	unknown
Patriarch (1724-1766)* Patriarchate of Antioch
Pavle Nenadovic	1703, Jan 14	1726	1768	1768, Aug 15
the Metropolitan of Karlovci from 1749 to 1768 for the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born in Bu...
Jean-Antoine Nollet	1700, Nov 19	1728	1770	1770, Apr 25
a French clergyman and physicist. He joined the Royal Society of London in 1734 and later became ...
Eliyya XII Dinkha	unknown	1722	1778	unknown
Patriarch (1722-1778)*Assyrian Church of the East
Jose Francisco de Isla	1703, Apr 24	1722	1781	1781, Nov 2
a Spanish Jesuit, celebrated as a preacher and a humorist and satirist of the stamp of Miguel de ...
John Wesley	1703, Jun 17	1726	1790	1791, Mar 2
an Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefie...

Census • Person • Pope Benedict XIIIaka: Pietro Francesco Orsini, Vincenzo Maria Orsini

Census • Person • Pope Benedict XIIIaka: Pietro Francesco Orsini, Vincenzo Maria Orsini

Census • Person • Pope Benedict XIII
aka: Pietro Francesco Orsini, Vincenzo Maria Orsini

Census • Person • Pope Benedict XIII
aka: Pietro Francesco Orsini, Vincenzo Maria Orsini