Clement XIII

The online Catholic magazine Crux noted that five popes — Pius V, Sixtus V, Clement XIII, Paul V and Clement IX — are interred in that basilica.

Opposite to the last-named mosaic is the famous monument of Clement XIII.,

It is before this lion that Canova is said to have lain for hours upon the pavement, studying for his tomb of Clement XIII. in St. Peter's.

Clement XIII. and other pontiffs of the eighteenth century.

We transcribe these lines from one of the ten Authentic registers which contain the letters of Clement XIII. to the sovereigns.