Flavio Chigi (1631–1693)
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Flavio Chigi was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Duke of Ariccia. He was Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Alexander VII and became a powerful political force inside the Roman Catholic Church during the latter half of the 17th century.
Cardinal Flavio Chigi, by Jacob Ferdinand Voet
Pope Alexander VII
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Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667.
Portrait by Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Fabio Chigi as Papal Nuntius to the Peace of Westphalia negotiations, by Anselm van Hulle (c. 1646)
Alexander VII, by Domenico Guidi
Drawing of Pope Alexander VII by Andrea Sacchi