Pope innocent xi biography

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(Benedetto Odescalchi)

Born at Como, 16 May, ; died at Rome, 11 August, He was educated by the Jesuits at Como, and studied jurisprudence at Rome and Naples.

Urban VIII appointed him successively prothonotary, president of the Apostolic Camera, commissary at Ancona, administrator of Macerata, and Governor of Picena. Innocent X made him Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano on 6 March, , and, somewhat later, Cardinal-Priest of Sant' Onofrio.

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As cardinal he was beloved by all on account of his deep piety, charity, and unselfish devotion to duty. When he was sent as legate to Ferrara in order to assist the people stricken with a severe famine, the pope introduced him to the people of Ferrara as the "father of the poor", "Mittimus patrem pauperum".

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