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Clement X, né Emilio Altieri (July 13,
1590 - July 22, 1676) was pope from 1670-1676. He was elected pope in April 1670, at the age of eighty. His years and infirmities led him to
devolve the charge of the government upon his nephew, Cardinal Altieri, whose
interference with the privileges of ambassadors occasioned disputes in which
the Pope was obliged to yield. Little else of importance occurred during his reign, which terminated in July 1676.
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