Pope Clement XIII (Papa Clemente XIII) - Prato della Valle, Padova, Italy - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

The statue of Pope Clement XIII AKA Carlo della Torre Rezzonico (1693 – 1769) made of Vicenza stone is one of the 78 statues located around a huge elliptical channel on a largest square in Italy and one of the largest ones in the Europe, Prato della Valle in Padova. The statues were made between 1775 and 1883 by various artists. Pope Clement XIII is depited here wearing a long pope robe, with a papal tiara on his head wand blessing with his right hand. The statue is a work of the sculptor Giovanni Ferrari and it was commissioned by his brothers in 1787.

Biography

Pope Clement XIIIAKA Carlo della Torre Rezzonico

Born: 7-Mar-1693
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 2-Feb-1769
Location of death: Rome, Italy

Executive summary: Roman Catholic Pope, 1758-69

Clement XIII, given name Carlo della Torre Rezzonico, Roman Catholic pope from 1758 to 1769, was born in Venice, on the 7th of March 1693, filled various important posts in the Curia, became cardinal in 1737, bishop of Padua in 1743, and succeeded Benedict XIV as pope on the 6th of July 1758. He was a man of upright, moderate and pacific intentions, but his pontificate of eleven years was anything but tranquil. The Jesuits had fallen upon evil days; in 1758 Pombal expelled them from Portugal; his example was followed by the Bourbon countries -- France, Spain, the Two Sicilies and Parma (1764-68). The order turned to the pope as its natural protector; but his protests (cf. the bull Apostolicum pascendi munus, 7th of January 1765) were unheeded. A clash with Parma occurred to aggravate his troubles. The Bourbon kings espoused their relative's quarrel, seized Avignon, Benevento and Ponte Corvo, and united in a peremptory demand for the suppression of the Jesuits (January 1769). Driven to extremities, Clement consented to call a Consistory to consider the step, but on the very eve of the day set for its meeting he died (2nd of February 1769), not without suspicion of poison, of which, however, there appears to be no conclusive evidence.

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