Pope Alexander VII

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17th-century person Catholic cleric Head of the Catholic Church Pope

Pope Alexander VII was a 17th-century head of the Catholic Church and patron of Baroque art and architecture, noted for his extensive urban and artistic projects in Rome.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pope Alexander VII canonical	29
Alexander VII	1
Pope Alexander VII (for Bernini’s setting)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century person ⓘ Catholic cleric ⓘ Head of the Catholic Church ⓘ Pope ⓘ
birthDate	1599-02-13 ⓘ
birthName	Fabio Chigi ⓘ
birthPlace	Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ Siena ⓘ
burialPlace	St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St Peter’s Basilica
commissioned	Bernini’s colonnades ⓘ surface form: Bernini’s colonnade of St Peter’s Square Chigi Chapel works in Santa Maria del Popolo ⓘ expansion and embellishment of the Quirinal area ⓘ projects on the Via del Corso in Rome ⓘ urban redesign of Piazza San Pietro ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Papal States ⓘ
deathDate	1667-05-22 ⓘ
deathPlace	Papal States ⓘ Rome ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Siena ⓘ
electedPopeOn	1655-04-07 ⓘ
endTime	pontificate 1667 ⓘ
familyName	House of Chigi ⓘ surface form: Chigi
fieldOfWork	canon law ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ theology ⓘ
givenName	Fabio ⓘ
hasWorkOfArtDepictingHim	Tomb of Pope Alexander VII ⓘ surface form: tomb of Alexander VII by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
knownFor	conflict with France under Louis XIV ⓘ extensive urban projects in Rome ⓘ moderate stance on Jansenism ⓘ support of the Roman Baroque ⓘ
languageSpoken	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
memberOf	College of Cardinals ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Chigi ⓘ
notableWork	urban planning projects in Rome ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ statesman ⓘ theologian ⓘ
papalCoronationDate	1655-04-18 ⓘ
papalName	Pope Alexander VII self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alexander VII
patronOf	Baroque architecture ⓘ Baroque art ⓘ Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
positionHeld	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ
predecessor	Pope Innocent X ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
startTime	pontificate 1655 ⓘ
successor	Pope Clement IX ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chair of Saint Peter → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Chair of Saint Peter → commissionedDuringPapacyOf → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Chair of Saint Peter → inauguratedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Chair of Saint Peter → associatedWithPerson → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → employer → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Roman Catholic Church in Quebec → supremePontiffDuringNewFrance → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Sovereign of the Papal States → officeHolder → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal → condemnedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → dedicatedTo → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → depicts → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Tomb of Pope Alexander VII → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Scala Regia (Vatican) → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Scala Regia (Vatican) → patron → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Scala Regia (Vatican) → dedicatedTo → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Claude Lorrain → patron → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Pope Alexander VII → papalName → Pope Alexander VII self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander VII

Throne of Saint Peter → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope Alexander VII (for Bernini’s setting)

Pope Innocent X → successor → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Jansenism → condemnedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Chigi family → religiousName → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

subject surface form: Fabio Chigi

Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza → patron → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

House of Chigi → religiousName → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

subject surface form: Fabio Chigi

Pope Clement IX → predecessor → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Pope Clement IX → appointedCardinalBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Porta del Popolo → associatedWith → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Church of San Tommaso da Villanova → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Church of San Tommaso da Villanova → patron → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

St. Francis de Sales → canonizedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Cathedra Petri → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Cathedra Petri → patron → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ

Bernini’s colonnades → commissionedBy → Pope Alexander VII ⓘ