INNOCENT XII



(July 12, 1691 — September 27, 1700)

 Pope Innocent XII portrait




Pope Innocent XII Æ

Obv.:

INNOCEN • XII • PONT • M • A • I •

Bust of pope, r., w. zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.


Year 1 = 1691
Dove of Peace Rev.:

PACEM • DONES | PROTINVS

"May you grant peace at once."

Holy Spirit, surrounded by rays of light; a scroll below, with inscription.



Mazio, 362.
Spink 1533.



Innocent XII, Year 3

• INNOCENTIVS • XII • PONT • MAX • A •III•

Bust of pope, r., wearing tiara and cope.
The Cancellaria

Rev.:

• ERIT • EGENO • SPES • IOB • V

The Roman Poor House. (Ospizio di S. Michele)

(in exergue:) MDCXCIV ( = 1694)


Mazio, 365.
Spink 1544.



Hospital of S. Michele, on the bank of the TIber


See: F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des Souverains Pontifes romains VI (Paris 1851) 227. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica 36 (Venezia 1846) p. 33. Léon Lallemand, Histoire de la charité à Rome, (Paris: Pouissielgue 1878), 383-389. The Ospizio di S. Michele was founded by Tommaso Odescalchi, the nephew of Pope Innocent XI, in 1689, and extended by Innocent XII. As the Istituto Romano di San Michele, it came to comprise a work-house, a reformatory, a house of correction and a hospice for the poor. Msgr. G.-B. Mastai-Ferretti (Pius IX) was Director of the Ospizio from 1825-1827. It is now the property of the Italian State and houses the Istituto centrale del Restauro.



Innocent XII, Year 5 INNOC • XII • PONT • MAX • AN • V •
Bust of pope, r., w. zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.

IO•HAMERANVS•F•


(Year V = 1696)
The Cancellaria

Rev.:

QUAESTVS • MAGNVS • PIETAS • CVM • SVFFICIENTIA

The Dogana (Customs House), and piazza with wagon and people. Clouds above.

(in exergue:) MDCIIIIC ( = 1696)



Mazio, 368.
Spink 1554.





The Roman Tax Office in the Temple of Hadrian

The Roman Borsa

See: F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire des Souverains Pontifes romains VI (Paris 1851) 227-228.



Innocent XII, Year 1700

INNOC • XII • PON • M • A • IVB •


Bust of pope, r., w. zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.




(in exergue:) MDCC ( = 1700)

Justice and Abundance of Peace

Rev.:


IVSTITIA • ET • ABVNDANTIA • PACIS •

Justice, seated, an olive branch in her left hand, a set of scales in her right, a sword at her feet. [Psalm 71. 9]



Mazio, 375.
Spink 1582.




Innocent XII, Year 1700

INNOCEN • XII • PON • M • A • IVB •

(beneath bust:) MDCC


Bust of pope, r., w. zucchetto, mozzetta and stole.
Jesus washing the feet of disciples

Rev.:

TV • DOMINVS • ET • MAGISTER •
{Matt. 10. 25]

Christ washing the feet of a seated disciple. .

(in exergue:) EXEMPLVM DEDI } • VOBIS •
[John 13. 15]



Mazio, —.
Spink 1574.





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