Clement XII

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association with Vico
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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 03, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 22, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 02, 2024
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Jan 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Clement XII.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Biography of Pope Clement XII.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 07, 2023
	Added new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Clement XII.	Kanchan Gupta	Sep 11, 2007
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Pope Clement XII.	Kanchan Gupta	Sep 11, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 16, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998