death_date consecration created_cardinal_by coat_of_arms birth_date term_end death_place image_size term_start image other name cardinal consecrated_by predecessor birth_place motto type previous_post successor article_title birth_name
7 january 1655 25 january 1626 urban viii c o a innocenzo x.svg 6 may 1574 7 january 1655 rome , papal states 240px 15 september 1644 retrato velázquez.jpg del papa inocencio x. roma , by diego innocent innocent x 19 november 1629 laudivio zacchia urban viii rome , papal states '' water on earth '' -rrb- allevitæ sunt aquæ super terram '' -lrb- `` pope legate of antioch -lrb- 1626-1629 -rrb- apostolic nuncio to spain -lrb- to 1626-1629 -rrb- cardinal-priest of sant ` eusebio -lrb- 1629-1644 -rrb- france prefect of the sacred congregation for the clergy -lrb- 1639-1644 -lrb- -rrb- camerlengo of the holy roman church -lrb- 1643-1644 -rrb- 1625 -rrb- titular latin patriarch alexander vii pope innocent x
 giovanni battista pamphilj or pamphili
pope innocent x

pope innocent x -lrb- ; 6 may 1574 -- 7 january 1655 -rrb- , born giovanni battista pamphilj -lrb- or pamphili -rrb- , was pope from 15 september 1644 to his death in 1655 .
born in rome of a family from gubbio in umbria who had come to rome during the pontificate of pope innocent ix , he graduated from the collegio romano and followed a conventional `` cursus honorum '' , following his uncle girolamo pamphilj as auditor of the rota , and like him , attaining the dignity of cardinal-priest of sant ` eusebio , in 1629 .
trained as a lawyer , he succeeded pope urban viii -lrb- 1623 -- 44 -rrb- on 15 september 1644 , as one of the most politically shrewd pontiffs of the era , who greatly increased the temporal power of the holy see .
