Death
On the 22 July 1676, the agonies of the gout became so violent that Clement X died under them. He was eighty-six years old, and had governed the Church six years, two months, and twenty-four days. His tomb is in St. Peter's Basilica.
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“There is no sorrow more grievous than the death of one’s spirit.”
—Chinese proverb.
Zhaungzi.
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