Pope Clement XII

head of the Catholic Church

1652 CE to 1740 CE

Pope Clement XII (7 April 1652 – 6 February 1740), born Lorenzo Corsini, is Pope from 12 July 1730 to 6 February 1740.

Born in Florence, the son of Bartolomeo Corsini, Marquis of Casigliano and his wife Isabella Strozzi, sister of the Duke of Bagnuolo, Corsini had been an aristocratic lawyer and financial manager under preceding pontiffs.

He is known for building the new façade of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, beginning construction of the Trevi Fountain, and the purchase of Cardinal Alessandro Albani's collection of antiquities for the papal gallery.

He had been created Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna in 1706.

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