Alexander VII, Pope

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Accession date: 1655

Places: Rome

Title: Pope

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referencedIn ISTORIA del Pontificato di Alessandro VII., Parte I. The life of Fabio Chigi, under the title of Pope Alexander VII., to the end of the first year of his Pontificate ; in three books, by Cardinal Sforza Palavicino. xviiith cent. Quarto. [15,598], 18th century British Library
referencedIn "RISTRETTO delle Cifre di Munster di Mons' Vescovo di Nardo; 1644-1651. Abstract of letters written by Fabio Chigi [Bishop of Nardo, and afterwards Pope Alexander VII.], from Miinister and other places while Papal Nuncio in Germany. Ital. Paper; xvii..., 18th century British Library
creatorOf JACOPO SALVIATI, DUKE OF GIULIANO: Poems; mid 17th cent. Italian. Autograph. Collection of sonnets, poems and poetic dialogues written by Jacopo di Lorenzo Salviati (1607-1672), the Duke of Giuliano unhappily married to Veronica Cibo, and dedicated t... British Library
referencedIn PASQUINADES in prose dialogue, viz.1. " Le Risate di Pasquino con 1' Abbate Luigi per l' aggiustamento di Pisa." f. 2. 2. " Il Mazzarino, trattenimento di Corte " (after 1661). Interlocutors, Monsignore del Bue and Capt. Rovelli. f. 37. 3. " Pace sen... British Library
referencedIn Vol. I (ff. 316). (1) Form of assignment of livings, etc., in the patronage of Lord Brereton; 1668. f. 1. (2) Three receipts for money paid by William Polden of Wakefield, as executor for Mrs. Mary Leake of York; 1633. ff. 2, 132, 277. (3) Acknowledg..., 1625-1770 British Library
referencedIn Robert Hooke, FRS: Collection of scientific papers and letters: 17th cent.includes:ff. 1-25 b Geography: Papers of Dr. R. Hooke rel. to the "English Atlas," printed at Oxford: 1680-1683.ff. 1-25 b Moses Pitt, bookseller and publisher, of London: ... British Library
referencedIn GIOVANNI PESARO: Relazione of Rome; [1656]. Italian. Copy. The relazione of Rome written by Giovanni Pesaro together with Bertuccio Valier, Alvise Contarini and Nicolò Sagredo upon their return from the extraordinary embassy to the Papal Court in 165... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, treatises and other historical papers relating to Rome and its territories, Venice, Spain, France, Savoy, Geneva and Colombia; circa 1558-1724. Italian and Latin. Copies and drafts. The volume was possibly compi... British Library
referencedIn A COLLECTION of papers relating to the history of Portugal; 1483-1484, 1641-1661. Port.1. "Da grandeza do estado de Braganza," f. 8. 2. "Papers relating to the trial and condemnation of Fernando, Duke of Braganza, and Diogo, Duke of Viseo, for conspi..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn BULL of Pope Alexander VII. addressed to the Vicar of the Patriarch of Aquileia, respecting the consanguinity of Polidori Pelizza and Francesca Pizzaviglio, of Sacille ; dat. Rome, non. Apr. 1666. [Add. Ch. 6159.] British Library
referencedIn RELAZIONE of Rome and Petition to the Pope, possibly Innocent X(1644-1655); circa 1644-1656. Italian. Copies. The relazione of Rome (art. 1) relates to the recently elected Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667). Table of contents (f. 1) added later. Old sig... British Library
creatorOf COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts, historical accounts, relazioni and letters relating mostly to the history of the Church and political and family affairs in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1557-1710. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies and original draft... British Library
creatorOf COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni and original letters relating to Queen Christina of Sweden and her life in Rome; circa 1654-1698. Italian, Latin, and French. Partly autograph. The MS. contains autograph letters of Queen Christina (ff. 32, 64, 180-182... British Library
referencedIn POLITICAL ADVICE AND RELAZIONI relating to the Papal Court and Spain; circa 1659-1660. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes anonymous and undated political advice (art. 1) to an unnamed Cardinal-Nepote on how to ingratiate the College of Cardinals, the ... British Library
referencedIn AUTOGRAPH letters and signatures of Popes; 1433-1828: l. Æneas Sylvius Piccolomini, Cardinal Bishop of Siena, afterwards Pius II., to the Priori of Siena; Milan, 17 Nov. 1433; with postscript, 5 Dec.; Rome, 29 Jan. 1457; Viterbo, 5 June, 1458. Lat. f..., 1433-1828 British Library
referencedIn Relazioni of Rome; vol. i; 1535-1660.Paper; ff. 462, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 272. Composite volume: arts. 1, 2, and 4 marked respectively with initials 'D', 'D', 'H' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Modern foliation '1-4... British Library
referencedIn "PRINCIPIO mezo et fine per intendere la militare architettura" . . . . "composto delineato scrito colorito da me Marchese Alfonso Rossetti." Compiled from the French, circa 1650-1670, and dedicated to Pope Alexander VII. [afterwards altered to Cleme..., approximately 1650-approximately 1670 British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of treatises relating to dynastic, administrative and ambassadorial matters involving the Papal Court, Naples and Sicily, Spain, and France, during the papacies of Urban VIII, Innocent X and Alexander VII; circa 1623-1667. It... British Library
referencedIn PAPERs relating to Portugal; comprising original letters of Philip IV. of Spain to Margaret [daughter of Charles Emanuel, Duke of Savoy, and widow of Francis III., Duke of Mantua], Regent of Portugal, 1639, and other letters and papers; among which a..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn LETTERS AND TRACTS ON RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE PAPACY at the time of Popes Alexander VII and Clement X and King Louis XIV; 1655-1672. Italian, Latin, Spanish, and French. Copies. A collection of tracts, papal briefs and letters mostly relatin... British Library
referencedIn FIVE GRANTS OF MISCELLANEOUS PRIVILEGES, DISPENSATIONS, ETC., by Pope Alexander VII for individual Knights Hospitaller, addressed to the Grand Master of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem; 16 Dec. 1666-24 Mar. 1667. Arranged chronologically, and s... British Library
referencedIn ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES, JULIUS II TO PAUL III, PAUL IV, PIUS IV, URBAN VIII TO ALEXANDER VII, INNOCENT XI TO CLEMENT XI, WITH PAUL II AND SIXTUS IV, NOT BOUND IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL WORKS ON THE CONCLAVE; 1471-1700. Italian a... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO THE CONCLAVES WHICH ELECTED ALEXANDER VII, CLEMENT IX, CLEMENT X, AND INNOCENT XI AND ON THE CARDINALS CREATED UNDER THEIR PAPACIES AND THOSE OF ALEXANDER VIII AND INNOCENT XII; 1655-1699. Italian and Latin. Copies. A... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other political papers relating to Spain, Naples, Liguria, Rome, France and the Empire; circa 1646-1667. Italian and Latin. Copies. Among other things the collection contains (arts. 8-15) relazioni and a sati... British Library
creatorOf GUIDI DEL BAGNO LETTER-BOOK: Dispatches and letters of Niccolò Guidi del Bagno, Bishop of Athens, nuncio to France 25 June 1643 -Dec. 1656; 1655-1657. Italian and Latin. Copies. The dispatches are mainly addressed to the secretary of state Giulio Ro... British Library
referencedIn Vol. II, ff. ii + 407, xvii cent.Bookplates: North (Frederick), 5th Earl of Guilford: 19th cent.Alexander VII; Pope: Life of: 17th cent.: Ital.Sforza Pallavieino, Cardinal: Life of Pope Alexander VII by: 17th cent.: Ital.includes:f. 402 Alexander V..., 17th century British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and political treatises relating to Rome, France, Spain, and Portugal; circa 1631-1667. Italian and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes: -(a) satirical tract (art. 1) against Alexander VII; -(b) relazioni and polit... British Library
referencedIn ARGENTI CHIOS PAPERS: typewritten copies of volume 281 of the Grecia 16 -Scio file in the archives of the Propaganda Fide, Rome, relating to the history of the Roman Catholic church in Chios; 1566, 1657-1668, n.d. Moslty Italian, partly Latin. Docum..., 1566-1668 British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, Sweden, Tunisia, Alsace, Venice, Spain, and Monaco; circa 1641-1671. Italian, French and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 7) the account of the trial of the Milanese doctor and alch... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS original letters and drafts; 1588-1831, viz: 1. Noel de Caron [Heer van Schoonewal, Ambassador to England, from the State of Flanders in 1585, and from the United Provinces in 1590] to "Monsieur Hugens [Christian Huygens], Secretaire du..., 1588-1831 British Library
referencedIn "SCRITTURE varieconcernenti alli regnidi Suetiae di Polonia; raccolte insieme dal Canonico Antonio Francesco Ghiselli, Nobile Bolognese;" 1579-1682, viz.:-"Relatione del regno di Suetia;" addressed to the Pope, by [Antonio Possevino] the Nuncio in Sw..., 1579-1682 British Library
referencedIn Vol. I, ff. ); ff. ii + 592, xvii cent.Alexander VII; Pope: Life of: 17th cent.: Ital.Sforza Pallavieino, Cardinal: Life of Pope Alexander VII by: 17th cent.: Ital.Bookplates: North (Frederick), 5th Earl of Guilford: 19th cent., 17th century British Library
referencedIn POLITICAL TREATISES relating to Rome, France and Tuscany; circa 1662-1664. Italian. Copies. Most of the present treatises (arts. 1-4) relate to the dispute between France and the Papacy that arose after the attack on the French Ambassador at Rome, Ch... British Library
referencedIn COLLECTION of papers relating to the history of Rome from 1378 to 1766, chronologically arranged; 17th -18th cent. Latin and Italian. Copies. The MS. includes: accounts of the conclaves of antipopes Clement VII (1378; art. 1), Benedict XIII (1394; a... British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome and Portugal; 1640-1669. Italian. Copies. The papers relate to the refusal of the Apostolic See to recognise the legitimacy of the Portuguese Kings and the consequent refusal of the Popes... British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, instructions, and letters relating to Spain, Venice, France, and Rome; circa 1546-1667. Italian. Copies. Pen-flourished initials on ff. 2, 3, 139, 140, 165, 166. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signat... British Library
referencedIn MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO PORTUGAL AND THE PAPACY; 1577-1767. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly certified. Arts. 2-10, 12-14, 16-18 concern the papal refusal to recognise the legitimacy of the Portuguese Kings between 1640-1669 and ... British Library
referencedIn VOL. III.-Discorso di Marcello Alberino, Romano, sopra il sacco di Roma, in tempo di Papa Clemente VII. [1527], con altre particolarità successe avanti e dopo detto sacco, f. 2;-Altra Relazione del medesimo sacco, f. 65;-Prattica del modo da procede..., 18th century British Library
referencedIn "CARTAS de Francisco de Souza Coutinho, escriptas de Roma [6 Jan. 1657-20 Apr. 1659] a Rainha [Luiza Francisca] viuva de el Rei D. João IV., e a el Rei D. Affonço VI." Coutinho was Portuguese ambassador at Rome. Paper. Folio.Francisco de Sousa Coutin... British Library
referencedIn Vol. II (ff. 324). D-Z; circ. 1624-1683. Included are letters of Samuel Hartlib, Marin Mersenne, Sir Samuel Morland, Johann Jacob Stockar, etc.includes:ff. 1, 3, 6, 7 John Davis, of Horndon-on-the-Hill: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1662.f. 5 Eliz..., approximately 1624-1683 British Library
referencedIn ACCOUNTS OF THE CONCLAVES for the election of Alexander VII, on 7 April 1655, and Innocent X, on 15 Sept. 1644; 1655, 1644. Italian. Copies. Ownership inscription (upper margin of f. 1) with note of acquisition: 'Di Bartolomeo Antinori comprato in fi... British Library
referencedIn Relazioni of Rome; vol. ii; 1660-1702.Paper; ff. 509, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 211, 420, 445. Composite volume: arts. 4, 5, 6, 8 marked respectively with initials 'U', 'U', 'R', 'J' in black ink in upper right corner of first leaves. Moder... British Library
referencedIn PAPERS relating to the Court of Rome, in the 17th century; Latin and Italian; including: Pasquinades, in verse and prose, of the time of Alexander VII., f. 11; "Considerationi sopra il soggetto, che dovera soccedere in pontificato ad Urbano ottavo;" ..., 17th century British Library
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Siena, Italy
Le Boulenois, Picardy
Calais, France
Pisa, Italy
Netherlands, Europe
Italy, Europe
Lutton, Lincolnshire
Guines, county of, France
Caux, France
Portugal, Europe
Coleman St, London, Coleman St
Ceylon, Asia
Staffordshire, England
Portugal, Europe
Europe, Europe
Bremen, Germany
Liguria, Italy
Ellington, Huntingdonshire
Pontefract, Yorkshire
Basle, Switzerland
Fobbing, Essex
Vermandois, France
Rimini, Italy
Braganza, Portugal
Ferrara, Italy
Naples, Italy
Spain, Europe
Virginia, U.S.A.
Leiden, the Netherlands
India, Asia
Picardy, France
Brittany, France
La Capelle, France
Sweden, Europe
Poland, Kingdom of, Europe
Geneva, Switzerland
Port Civitavecchia, Italy
Venice, Italy
Hebrides, Scotland
London, England
Wiltshire, England
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