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Benedict XIII
245th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1724 - 1730. He endeavoured to put a stop to the decadent lifestyles of the Italian priesthood and of the cardinalate. He also abolished the lottery in Rome. Benedict XIII repealed the world wide smoking ban set by Pope Urban VIII.
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