Blessed Pope Innocent XI
Also known as: Benedetto Odescalchi
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Feast Day
12-Aug
Born
19 May 1611 at Como, Italy as Benedetto Odescalchi
Died
12 August 1689 at Rome, Italy of natural causes; buried in a mausoleum under the altar of San Sebastiano in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
Beatified
7 October 1956 by Pope Pius XII
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Biography
Blessed Pope Innocent XI, also known as Benedetto Odescalchi, was born on May 19, 1611, in Como, Italy. He hailed from a pious patrician family and felt a strong calling to the priesthood from an early age. His brother would go on to become the bishop of Novara, Italy.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified1956-10-07 by 7 October 1956 by Pope Pius XII
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