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Benedict XIV

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Ben·e·dict XIV  (bn-dkt) Originally Prospero Lambertini. 1675-1758.
Pope (1740-1758) who founded scientific academies, was a patron of the arts, and was tolerant of non-Catholic denominations.
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Noun1.Benedict XIV - pope who was a patron of the arts and who denounced the cruelty to the indigenous peoples of South America (1675-1758)
Prospero Lambertini


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