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Alexander VIII is known for having overturned many of the policies of his predecessor, Innocent XI , deciding to indulge in nepotism in order to further enrich his family. Such nepotism exhausted the papal treasury , later forcing his successor, Innocent XII , to implement austere measures to restore the papal coffers. Despite his brief papacy, during which little of importance was undertaken, Alexander VIII is known for having condemned the doctrines of the so-called philosophical sin which was being taught in schools run by the Society of Jesus.

Pietro Vito Ottoboni was born in of a noble Venetian family, [ 1 ] and was the youngest of nine children of Marco Ottoboni - , grand chancellor of the Republic of Venice , and wife Vittoria Tornielli? His sisters included Cristina Ottoboni, married to Giambattista Rubini, with issue, and Andriana Ottoboni, married as his first wife to her second cousin Marcantonio Padavino.

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The family was invited into the nobility of Venice as a result of the battle of Zonchio and later met the financial qualifications for nobility in the 17th century after amassing a fortune in the diplomatic service. His early studies were made with marked brilliance at the University of Padua where, in , he earned a doctorate in canon and civil law.

He also served as the auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota. Pope Innocent X appointed him to the cardinalate [ 3 ] and in at the request of the Venetian government and he was made the Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro.

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He was appointed as Bishop of Brescia in and later received episcopal consecration in the church of San Marco in Rome. He would spend a quiet decade in his diocese. He later became the Cardinal- Bishop of Sabina in and then to Frascati in His last swap was that of Porto e Santa Rufina in Ottoboni was also the Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals from to his pontifical election.

The ambassador of King Louis XIV of France — succeeded in procuring his election on 6 October , as the successor to Pope Innocent XI —89 ; nevertheless, after months of negotiation Alexander VIII finally condemned the declaration made in by the French clergy concerning the liberties of the Gallican church. Originally, the allies of Cardinal Flavio Chigi proposed a Venetian in the form of Gregorio Barbarigo rather than their true choice of Ottoboni, hence, a case of misdirection to test whether or not the electors would consider the appointment of a Venetian to the papal throne.

Though Barbarigo seemed to garner an exceptional number of votes which highlighted that a Venetian pontiff was indeed a tantalizing opportunity, Barbarigo could not garner any additional votes beyond what he already had accrued.