# Pope Clement XII

> He condemned Freemasonry before most of the world knew what it was, and spent the Church's money on fountains and marble when Rome still looked medieval.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740*

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

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 1652-04-07
- **Died:** 1740-02-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Lorenzo Corsini became Pope Clement XII in July 1730, already seventy-eight and nearly blind. He ran the papal treasury carefully enough to pile up a surplus, then turned it loose on the city: commissioning the new façade of Saint John Lateran, launching construction of the Trevi Fountain, buying Cardinal Albani's trove of ancient sculptures for the Vatican collection. In 1738 he issued In eminenti apostolatus, the first papal bull condemning Freemasonry — a secret society most Catholics had never heard of. He died in February 1740, having redecorated Rome and drawn a line the Church would hold for centuries.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 63.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #101

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Lawyer, #Law, #Religion, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XII)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133108)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Clement%20XII)
- [إقليموس الثاني 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%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [كليمنت التناشر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [XII Klement](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/XII_Klement)
- [Клімэнт XII](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_XII)
- [Клімент XII](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_XII)
- [Климент XII](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_XII)
- [Klemañs XII](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klema%C3%B1s_XII)
- [Climent XII](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climent_XII)
- [Gáu-huòng Clemens 12-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Clemens_12-si%C3%A9)
- [Klement XII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klement_XII.)
- [Pab Clement XII](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pab_Clement_XII)
- [Pave Clemens 12.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Clemens_12.)
- [Clemens XII.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XII.)
- [Clemens XII](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XII)
- [Πάπας Κλήμης ΙΒ΄](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%92%CE%84)
- [Klemento la 12-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemento_la_12-a)
- [Clemente XII](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemente_XII)
- [Clemens XII](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemens_XII)
- [Klemente XII.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemente_XII.a)
- [پاپ کلمنت دوازدهم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85)
- [Klemens XII](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_XII)
- [Clément XII](https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_XII)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Clemente_XII)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_XII)
- [Pous Clemens XII](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Clemens_XII)
- [Climent XII](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climent_XII)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/pope-clement-xii