ALEXANDER VII

(April 7, 1655 — May 22, 1667)

	Æ Obv.: ALEX • VII • PONT • OPT • MAX • (below bust:) AN • VI • Bust of the pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta, and stole.
	Rev.: OMNIS • SAPIENTIA • A • DOMINO (in exergue:) MDCLX The Palazzo della Sapienza, seat of the University of Rome, with the Church of St. Ivo (by Carlo Borromini) Mazio, 262. Spink 1203.

See F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des souverains pontifes romains VI (Paris 1851) 55-56.

Courtyard of the Sapienza, with Church of St. Ivo

Courtesy of Mary Gibson, 'The Roamin' Roman'

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Obv.:

ALEXAN • VII • PONT • OPT • MAX •

(beneath bust:) AN • VI •

The pope, l., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.

Rev.:

NAVALE CENTVMCELL

(in exergue:) • MDCLX •

The harbor at Centumcellae (Civitavecchia).

Mazio, 263.
Spink 1199.

Alexander VII built the Arsenal and improved the two moles in the harbor of Civitavecchia.
See. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica I (Venezia 1840) p. 251;
and Vol. XIII (Venezia 1842), s.v. "Civitavecchia", p. 305 .

	Æ Obv.: ALEXAN • VII • PONT • MAX • A • VII • The pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.
	Rev.: FVNDAMENTA EIVS IN MONTIBVS SANCTIS [Psalm 87. 1] (in exergue:) • MDCLXI • Plan of the Piazza S. Pietro (by Gianlorenzo Bernini); view of n. colonnade and fountain of the piazza. Mazio, 265. Spink 1212.

	Æ Obv.: ALEXANDER • VII \| PONT • MAX • (beneath the bust:) AN • VIII Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.
	Rev.: PRIMA SEDES FIDEI REGVLA \| ECCLESIA etc. Shrine of the Chair of St. Peter, apse of the Basilica S. Pietro in Vaticano Designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1665). Mazio, 269. Spink 1214-1216.

	Æ Obv.: ALEXANDER • VII \| PONT • MAX • (beneath the bust:) AN • VIII Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.
	Rev.: IMMACVLATÆ \| VIRGINI • VOT• (in exergue:) ROMÆ Facade of the Church of S. Maria in Portico (S. Maria in Campitelli, next to the Porticus Octaviae), built by Carlo Rainaldi (1662-1667). Mazio, 267. Spink 1213.

	Æ Obv.: ALEX • VII • PONT \| MAX • A • IX • Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.
	Rev.: REGIA • AB • AVLA \| AD • DOMVM • DEI • The Scala Regia, leading from the Portico of St. Peter's to the Sala Regia in the Vatican Palace. The staircase was designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1655-1667). Mazio, 270. Spink 1220.

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Obv.:

ALEX • VII • PONT • | MAX • A • X •

Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.

Rev.:

(on a ribbon:)

PROCEDAMUS • ET • ADOREMVS • IN • SPIRITV • ET • VERITATE .

The Corpus Christi procession, Pope Alexander at center, vested in a cope, kneeling on a priedieu under a baldachino, adoring a monstrance which he is carrying; the whole is being carried upon the shoulders of Palafranieri. .

Mazio, 271.
Spink 1223.

The Corpus Christi Procession, 2006

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Obv.:

ALEXAN • VII • PONT • | MAX • A • XII •

Bust of the pope, l., wearing tiara and cope.

Rev.:

(in exergue:)

ÆDIBVS ŒCONOMIA | ET DISCIPLINA | RESTITVTIS

Financial and disciplinary reorganization of hospice; the Holy Spirit in the clouds above. 'Spedale di S. Spirito in Sassia, from the east end of the Borgo di S. Spirito.

Mazio, 274.
Spink 1231.

Léon Lallemand, Histoire de la charité chrétienne à Rome (Paris 1878) 228-246, especially 229 (Alexander added a new wing, with 64 beds). F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des Souverains Pontifes romains VI (Paris 1851) 71. Rome, Naples, Marseilles, and of course London, had all suffered severely from the plague in Alexander's reign.

A 19th century reproduction.

P. Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino, SJ (1607-1667), Della vita di Alessandro VII. Libri cinque (Prato Giachetti 1839)