{"slug": "pope-alexander-vii", "label": "Pope Alexander VII", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VII", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127254", "qid": "Q127254", "description": "pope of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1599, 1667], "span_label": ["1599 CE", "1667 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-france", "label": "New France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-clement-ix", "label": "Pope Clement IX", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1599, "year_label": "1599 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325746#January–March", "title": "1599", "revid": 1373325746, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Pope Alexander VII (born Fabio Chigi) succeeds Pope Innocent X, as the 237th pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#April–June", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1656, "year_label": "1656 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Roman Catholic Pope Alexander VII issues a decree ending the Chinese Rites controversy between Jesuit missionaries (who tolerate the rites as compatible with Catholicism) and Dominican and Franciscan missionaries (who consider the Chinese rituals incompatible). The Pope rules that practices \"\"favorable to Chinese customs\", including Confucianism and ancestor worship, can be accepted as compatible with Catholic rites.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372048661#January–March", "title": "1656", "revid": 1372048661, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic of New France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#April–June", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Dávalos is appointed as the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico by Pope Alexander VII, to allow Archbishop Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro to return to Spain. Archbishop Cuevas is installed on November 15 upon his arrival in Mexico City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#April–June", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#Deaths", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Giulio Rospigliosi is elected by the College of Cardinals to succeed the late Pope Alexander VII, after receiving 61 of the 64 votes of the cardinals present. He takes the regnal name Pope Clement IX, becoming the 238th head of the Roman Catholic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#April–June", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}