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Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1716–1717); Bishop of Viterbo (1712–1719); Roman Catholic Bishop of Osimo (1709–1712); cardinal (since 7 June 1706)."},{"q":"Where did Pope Innocent XIII study?","a":"Pope Innocent XIII was educated at Pontifical Gregorian University, Sapienza University of Rome."}],"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 Innocent VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-viii"},{"name":"Pope Innocent X","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-x"},{"name":"Pope Innocent XI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xi"},{"name":"Pope Marcellus II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-marcellus-ii"},{"name":"Pope Paul II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-paul-ii"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/pope-innocent-xiii-033e7d5cd9.jpg","width":500,"height":688,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Possibly Agostino Masucci","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:InnocientXIII.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Pope Innocent XIII","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XIII","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q133100","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133100","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: InnocientXIII.jpg by Possibly Agostino Masucci (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:InnocientXIII.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 Innocent XIII, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: InnocientXIII.jpg — Possibly Agostino Masucci, Public domain.","cite":"\"Pope Innocent XIII\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xiii. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xiii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xiii","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-innocent-xiii?lang=ne"}}