'Benedetto Odescalchi' definitions:
Definition of 'Benedetto Odescalchi'
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noun
Italian pope from 1676 to 1689 whose papacy was marked by the struggle with Louis XIV of France over papal authority over French Catholics; known for saintliness and canonized in 1956 (1611-1689) [syn: Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi]