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4 unusual facts about Pope Alexander VIII


Giambattista Rubini

His grandmother, Cristina Ottoboni, was the sister of Pope Alexander VIII.

John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort

At Rome, he enjoyed considerable social success, but none politically for Pope Alexander VIII had adopted an anti-French position in the Nine Years' War.

Minuscule 181

The manuscript was given by Christina of Sweden to Cardinal Dezio Azzolino, and bought from him by Alexander VIII (1689-1691) — like codices 154, 155, 156.

Papal conclave, 1691

The papal conclave of 1691 was convened on the death of Pope Alexander VIII.


Johannes Vingboons

After her death these atlases came into the possession of Pope Alexander VIII, and now rest in the library of the Vatican.


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