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Clement XIV, 1705–74, pope (1769–74), an Italian (b. near Rimini) named Lorenzo Ganganelli; successor of Clement XIII. He was prominent for many years in pontifical affairs at Rome, and he was created cardinal in 1759. He was a Conventual Franciscan. He inherited from his predecessor the hostility of every state of Catholic Europe. Clement XIV's part in the suppression of the Jesuits (see Jesus, Society of Jesus, Society of, religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. Its members are called Jesuits. St. Ignatius of Loyola, its founder, named it Companã de Jess [Span.,=(military) company of Jesus]; in Latin it is Societas Jesu (abbr. S.J.).
..... Click the link for more information. ) has been greatly discussed; he was probably pressured into it. The suppression removed the pope's only independent support and put the church into the hands of the secular princes. He was succeeded by Pius VI.

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No references found			10) On May 19, 1769, he was elected by the unanimous vote of the forty cardinals, and took the name of Clement XIV. Sins and the REAL Demons by Robert Bruce Baird / News, opinion and commentary community In focusing on the eighteenth century, and on what prepared the way for the 1773 suppression of the Jesuits by Clement XIV, several essays go well beyond topics treated in the first conference and volume. The Jesuits II: Culture, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773 by Worcester, Thomas / Renaissance Quarterly 17 Which (later reinstated) Roman Catholic society was suppressed at the order of Pope Clement XIV in 1773? POST PUZZLER: 50 for fun; Phil Brown's trivia quiz by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			Clemenceau, Georges Eugène Benjamin Clemens Clemens Alexander Winkler Clemens Brentano Clemens, Roger Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clement Clement I Clement I, Saint Clement III Clement IV Clement Marot Clément Marot Clement of Alexandria Clement of Alexandria, Saint Clement of Rome Clement Philibert Leo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes Clement Richard Attlee Clement the First, St. Clement V Clement VI Clement VII Clement VIII Clement XI Clement XIV Clement, Frank Clément, Jacques Clement, Jean Baptiste Clément, Jean Baptiste Clement, Rene Clément, René Clemente, Roberto Clemente, Roberto Walker Clementi, Muzio Clementina, Lady clementine Clements, Earle C. Clements, Frederic Edward Clements, Frederick Edward Clements, Vassar Clements, William Lawrence Clemmensen Reaction Clemson University clench clench bolt clench nail clench nailing clenching Clennam, Mrs. CLEO			Clement Marot Clément Marot Clément Marot Clement of Alexandria Clement of Alexandria Clement of Alexandria Clement of Alexandria, Saint Clement of Ohrid Clement of Rome Clement of Rome, St Clement Philibert Leo Delibes Clement Philibert Leo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes Clement Richard Attlee Clement Richard Attlee Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee Attlee Clement the First, St. Clement V Clement V Clement V Clement VI Clement VII Clement VII Clement VII Clement VIII Clement VIII Clement XI Clement XI Clement XI Clement XIV Clement, Frank Clement, Frank Clement, Franz Clément, Jacques Clement, Jean Baptiste Clément, Jean Baptiste Clement, Rene Clément, René Clement-Harper-Stronach Issues Matrix Clemente Clemente, Francesco Clemente, Roberto Clemente, Roberto Walker Clemente, Roberto Walker Clementi Clementi Landscape Design Services New York Clementi Primary School Clementi Web Design New York Clementi, Aldo Clementi, Muzio Clementi, Muzio Clementia Clementina, Lady clementine clementine clementine clementine Clementine (disambiguation) Clementine (disambiguation) Clementine Lunar Control Network

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