# Pope Clement XI

> He steered the Catholic Church through two decades at the turn of the eighteenth century while quietly bankrolling the digs and expeditions that pulled early Christian texts and Roman ruins back into the light.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-clement-xi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1649-07-23
- **Died:** 1721-03-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Giovanni Francesco Albani became Pope Clement XI in November 1700, assuming leadership of both the Church and the Papal States at a moment when Europe's political map was being redrawn. His papacy stretched twenty years, but his legacy rests less on theology than on what he chose to preserve. He poured Vatican resources into archaeology, funding the excavations of the Roman catacombs and sending teams out to recover ancient Christian manuscripts that had been lost or forgotten. The Vatican Library swelled under his watch. Rome's crumbling antiquities—temples, arches, inscriptions—survived in part because he saw value in saving them. He died in March 1721, having spent two decades as both pontiff and accidental conservator of the past.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 63.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 12.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 39.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #92

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129967)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Clement%20XI)
- [إقليموس الحادي عشر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [كليمنت الحداشر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [Clemente XI](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_XI)
- [Клімэнт XI](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_XI)
- [Клімент XI](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_XI)
- [Климент XI (папа)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_XI_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0))
- [Klemañs XI](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klema%C3%B1s_XI)
- [Climent XI](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climent_XI)
- [Gáu-huòng Clemens 11-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Clemens_11-si%C3%A9)
- [Klement XI.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klement_XI.)
- [Pab Clement XI](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Clement_XI)
- [Pave Clemens 11.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Clemens_11.)
- [Clemens XI.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XI.)
- [Clemens XI](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XI)
- [Πάπας Κλήμης ΙΑ΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%91%CE%84)
- [Klemento la 11-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemento_la_11-a)
- [Clemente XI](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_XI)
- [Clemens XI](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XI)
- [Klemente XI.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemente_XI.a)
- [پاپ کلمنت یازدهم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85)
- [Klemens XI](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_XI)
- [Clément XI](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_XI)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Clemente_XI)
- [Pous Clemens XI](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Clemens_XI)
- [Clemens XI.](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XI.)

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