CLEMENT XII (Lorenzo Corsini) was
Pope from July
1730 to February 1740. His first act was the trial and
condemnation of Cardinal Coscia, guilty of malversation
under his predecessor. Nothing else of importance occurred
under his administration, during the greater part of which,
according to some historians, he was afflicted with blindness.
He was the first pontiff who condemned the
Freemasons.
from the 9th edition (1876) of an old encyclopedia -please update as necessary (in particular: what's malversation?
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