(Innocent XII is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)

1. Where was Antonio Pignatelli born?
a) Florence
b) Gravina
c) Spinazzolo
d) Bologna

2. Where was Antonio Pignatelli vice-legate?
a) Lombardy
b) Prussia
c) Corsica
d) Urbino

3. Where was Antonio Pignatelli governor?
a) Saxony
b) Perugia
c) Burgundy
d) Finland

4. When was Antonio Pignatelli appointed nuncio to Poland?
a) 14 October 1652
b) 4 May 1671
c) 21 May 1660
d) 1 November 1675

5. When was Antonio Pignatelli created cardinal?
a) 4 January 1685
b) 22 June 1682
c) 16 December 1680
d) 1 September 1681

6. Of which archdiocese was Antonio Pignatelli made archbishop in 1686?
a) Munich
b) Milan
c) Naples
d) Venice

7. When was Innocent XII elected pope?
a) 9 March 1694
b) 17 April 1693
c) 12 July 1691
d) 5 December 1692

8. By which bull Innocent XII restricted the popes to raise only one relative to cardinalate?
a) Romanum decet Pontificem
b) Licet Pridem
c) Libertas Ecclesiae
d) Aeterni Regis

9. Whose documents did Innocent XII condemn as quietistic?
a) Voltaire
b) Rousseau
c) Fenelon
d) Montesquieu

10. When did Innocent XII die?
a) 2 February 1699
b) 14 May 1701
c) 27 September 1700
d) 22 October 1704

Innocent XII Quiz Answers

1. Where was Antonio Pignatelli born?
c) Spinazzolo

2. Where was Antonio Pignatelli vice-legate?
d) Urbino

3. Where was Antonio Pignatelli governor?
b) Perugia

4. When was Antonio Pignatelli appointed nuncio to Poland?
c) 21 May 1660

5. When was Antonio Pignatelli created cardinal?
d) 1 September 1681

6. Of which archdiocese was Antonio Pignatelli made archbishop in 1686?
c) Naples

7. When was Innocent XII elected pope?
c) 12 July 1691

8. By which bull Innocent XII restricted the popes to raise only one relative to cardinalate?
a) Romanum decet Pontificem

9. Whose documents did Innocent XII condemn as quietistic?
c) Fenelon

10. When did Innocent XII die?
c) 27 September 1700

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