page_title: Pope Innocent XII
section_title: Papal election
hierarchical_section_title: Pope Innocent XII / Papacy / Papal election
caption_attribution_description: English: Médaille annuelle en or du Vatican à l'effigie du Pape Innocent XII, 1695
context_page_description: Pope Innocent XII, born Antonio Pignatelli, was Pope from 12 July 1691 to his death in 1700.
  He took a hard stance against nepotism in the church, continuing the policies of Pope Innocent XI, who started the battle against nepotism but which did not gain traction under Pope Alexander VIII. To that end, he issued a papal bull strictly forbidding it. The pope also used this bull to ensure that no revenue or land could be bestowed to relatives.
context_section_description: Pope Alexander VIII died in 1691 and the College of Cardinals assembled to hold a conclave to select his successor. Factions loyal to the Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Spain and the broader Holy Roman Empire failed to agree on a consensus candidate.
  After five months, Cardinal Pignatelli emerged as a compromise candidate between the cardinals of France and those of the Holy Roman Empire. Pignatelli took his new name in honour of Pope Innocent XI and was crowned on 15 July 1691 by the protodeacon, Cardinal Urbano Sacchetti. He took possession of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran on 13 April 1692.
caption: Innocent XII, 1695
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