{"id":"pope-clement-xi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-xi","language":"en","name":"Pope Clement XI","name_en":"Pope Clement XI","name_ne":null,"description":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721","headline":"Pope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Pope Clement XI (Latin: Clemens XI; Italian: Clemente XI; Albanian: Klementi XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.","summary_more":["Clement XI was a patron of the arts and of science. He was also a great benefactor of the Vatican Library; his interest in archaeology is credited with saving much of Rome's antiquity. He authorized expeditions which succeeded in rediscovering various ancient Christian writings and authorized excavations of the Roman catacombs."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"23 July 1649","date":"1649-07-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Urbino","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2759"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"19 March 1721","date":"1721-03-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Rome","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"Catholic priest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250867","start":"1700-09"},{"text":"Catholic bishop","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611644"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Pontifical Gregorian University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467025"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Pope (23 November 1700 – 19 March 1721)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19546","start":"1700-11-23","end":"1721-03-19"},{"text":"cardinal (since 13 February 1690)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45722","start":"1690-02-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Pope Clement XI born?","a":"Pope Clement XI was born on 23 July 1649 in Urbino."},{"q":"What positions has Pope Clement XI held?","a":"Positions held by Pope Clement XI include: Pope (1700–1721); cardinal (since 13 February 1690)."},{"q":"Where did Pope Clement XI study?","a":"Pope Clement XI was educated at Pontifical Gregorian University."}],"related":[{"name":"Pope Telesphorus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-telesphorus"},{"name":"Pope Gregory XIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-gregory-xiii"},{"name":"Pope Clement VII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-vii"},{"name":"Pope Pius I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-pius-i"},{"name":"Pope Boniface I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-boniface-i"},{"name":"Pope Agapetus I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-agapetus-i"},{"name":"Pope Hormisdas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-hormisdas"},{"name":"Pope Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Alexander VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-alexander-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-clement-xi-bcd17b155d.jpg","width":500,"height":746,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Pier Leone Ghezzi","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Clement_XI_%E2%80%93_Pier_Leone_Ghezzi_(c._1708).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Clement XI","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q129967","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pope Clement XI – Pier Leone Ghezzi (c. 1708).jpg by Pier Leone Ghezzi (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pope_Clement_XI_%E2%80%93_Pier_Leone_Ghezzi_(c._1708).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Pope Clement XI, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pope Clement XI – Pier Leone Ghezzi (c. 1708).jpg — Pier Leone Ghezzi, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Clement XI\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-xi. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-xi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-xi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-clement-xi?lang=ne"}}