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Actual Timing of the Jesuit Suppression
- When
- 1773
- Where
- Holy See
- Part of
- Death of Pope Clement XIII
The Holy See abolished the Jesuit order in 1773 under Clement XIV, not on the eve of Clement XIII's death.
The legacy claim that Clement XIII died the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits is not supported by the sources. The papacy's abolition of the order occurred in 1773, after national expulsions beginning with Portugal in 1759 and continuing through France (1764), Spain (1767), and others. No decree of dissolution was prepared by Clement XIII in February 1769 according to the supplied passages.
Sources
- Suppression of the Society of Jesus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-24
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