Pope Clement XI

Clement XI, n? Giovanni Francesco Albani (July 23, 1649 – March 19, 1721) was pope from 1700 to 1721. He was of Albanian origin, his family coming from the northern part of Albania known as Malesi e Madhe.

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The most memorable event of his administration was the publication in 1713 of the bull Unigenitus, which so greatly disturbed the peace of the church in France, sometimes called the Gallican church. In this famous document one hundred and one propositions from the works of Quesnel were condemned as heretical, and as identical with propositions already condemned in the writings of Jansen.

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