# Pope Innocent XII - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-xii
Pontificate: 12 July 1691 – 27 September 1700
Number in the papal list: 242
Born-Died: 1615-03-13 - 1700-09-27
Papal era: Baroque & Enlightenment
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XII

Subject of the Kingdom of Naples. Issued the bull Romanum decet Pontificem (1692) to stop nepotism.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Alexander VIII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-alexander-viii)
- Next in list: [Pope Clement XI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-clement-xi)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 1692 - [Salem witch trials](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1692-salem-witch-trials)