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Excerpt from Manual of Universal Church History, Vol. 4 of 4
Innocent was succeeded by Cardinal Fabio Chigi, who took the name of Alexander VII. (1655 The severity of his m aversion to pomp and luxury, his prudence, and his capacity for business seemed to promise that his reign would be more happy and prosperous than the one just closed had been. But the hopes built upon the talents and virtues he had displayed as a cardinal and diplo matist were prevented from being realized by the fault of the Pontifi'
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