Pope Benedict XIV
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Pope Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death on 3 May 1758.
Portrait of Benedict XIV by Pierre Subleyras, 1746
Cardinal Lambertini c. 1740.
Bust of Benedict XIV by Pietro Bracci, Museum of Grenoble
Benedict XIV in 1741, portrait by Subleyras
Pope Benedict XIII
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Pope Benedict XIII, born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 29 May 1724 to his death in February 1730.
Pope Benedict XIV
…in 1713 he was named monsignor; and in 1718 secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Council. On 12 June 1724, only two weeks after his election, Pope Benedict XIII appointed Lambertini titular bishop of Theodosiopolis in Arcadia. Lambertini was consecrated a bishop in Rome, in the Cappella Paolina of the Vatican…
Portrait, c. 18th century
Portrait by Giuseppe Bazzani, c. 1725
Benedict XIII travelling on horseback, painting by Agostino Masucci
Mosaic of Benedict XIII in the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls