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BENEDICT XIII

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 719 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENEDICT XIII . (See also:Piero See also:Francesco See also:Orsini), See also:pope from 1724 to 1730, at first styled Benedict XIV., was See also:born on the 2nd of See also:February 1649, of the ducal See also:family of Orsini-See also:Gravina. In 1667 he became a Dominican (as Vincentius Maria), studied See also:theology and See also:philosophy, was made a See also:cardinal in 1672 and See also:arch-See also:bishop of See also:Benevento in 1686. Elected pope on the 29th of May 1724, he attempted to reform clerical morals; but neither the decrees of the Latin See also:council (1725) nor his See also:personal precepts had much effect. He confirmed the See also:bull Unigenitus; but, despite the See also:Jesuits, allowed the See also:Dominicans to preach the Augustinian See also:doctrine of See also:grace. See also:State affairs he See also:left entirely to the unpopular Cardinal Nicolo Coscia. He died on the 21st of February 1730. His See also:works were published in 3 vols. at See also:Ravenna in 1728.

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