Pope Innocent XIII

Papal styles of
**Pope Innocent XIII**
Papal styles of; Pope Innocent XIII
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	None

Pope

Innocent XIII
Pope; Innocent XIII
Bishop of Rome
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	8 May 1721
Papacy ended	7 March 1724
Predecessor	Clement XI
Successor	Benedict XIII
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1695–1706); Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1695–1698); Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1698–1706); Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta (1706–1721); Archbishop of Osimo (1709–1712); Archbishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1712–1719); Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1716–1717);
Orders
Ordination	c. 1690
Consecration	16 June 1695; by Galeazzo Marescotti
Created cardinal	7 June 1706; by Clement XI
Personal details
Born	Michelangelo dei Conti; 13 May 1655; Poli, Papal States
Died	7 March 1724 (aged 68); Rome, Papal States
Buried	Vatican Grottoes, St. Peter's Basilica
Coat of arms
	Other popes named Innocent

Pope Innocent XIII (Latin: Innocentius XIII; Italian: Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He remains the most recent pope to take the pontifical name "Innocent".

Pope Innocent XIII was reform-oriented, and imposed new standards of frugality, abolishing excessive spending. He took steps to end the practice of nepotism by issuing a decree which forbade his successors from granting land, offices or income to any relatives – something opposed by many cardinals who hoped they might become pope and benefit their families.