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Clement XIII

248th Pope of the Catholic Church. Pontificate 1758 - 1769. Clement XIII's pontificate was disturbed by perpetual contentions respecting the pressures to suppress the Jesuits coming from the progressive Enlightenment circles of the philosophes in France. Clement was said to have been modest, and moderate of character, while being generous with his extensive private fortune.

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