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Census • Person • Pope Clement X
aka: Emilio Bonaventura Altieri

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born	active	died
1590, Jul 13	1670-1676	1676, Jul 22

Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 29 April 1670 to his death in 1676. On 29 April 1670, the papacy was offered to him by fifty-nine Cardinals present at the election; only two being against him. He, however, objected because of his age, for he was almost eighty, and exclaimed, "I am too old to bear such a burden." Pointing to Cardinal Brancaccio, Altieri said he was the Cardinal whom they ought to elect. He persisted in refusing, protesting that he no longer had strength or memory; eventually, with tears he accepted, and out of gratitude to his benefactor, by ten years his junior, he assumed the name of Clement X.

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	04/29/1670	-	Pope Clement X elected	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Pope Clement X
	11/14/1675	-	Pope Clement X declares the Gorkum martyrs to be divine	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Martyrs of Gorkum

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