Pope Clement XIII
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Pope Clement XIII, born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 6 July 1758 to his death in February 1769. He was installed on 16 July 1758.
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs (c. 1760, New Orleans Museum of Art)
Portrait engraving of Carlo Rezzonico (c. 1737 – 44)
Portrait of Clement XIII with cardinal Carlo Rezzonico and other members of Rezzonico family, c. 1758
Clement XIII's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica
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.
Pope Clement XIII
…filled various important posts in the Roman Curia. Rezzonico was chosen as Bishop of Padua in 1743 and he received episcopal consecration in Rome by Pope Benedict XIV himself, in the presence of Giuseppe Accoramboni and Cardinal Antonio Saverio Gentili as co-consecrators. Rezzonico visited his diocese on frequent…
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