Theodore Freylinghuysen Collier

“ His simple and blameless life, his conscientious discharge of duty, and his devotion to the needs of the poor had won for him such a name that, despite the opposition of France, he was chosen to succeed Clement X. on the 21st of September 1676. He at once applied himself to moral and administrative reform ”

“ Innocent died on the 12th of August 1689, lamented by his subjects. His character and life were such as to suggest the propriety of canonization, but hostile influences have defeated every move in that direction.
The life of Innocent has been frequently written. See Guarnacci, Vitae et res gestae Pontiff. Rom. (Rome, 1751) , i. 105 sqq.; Palazzi, Gesta Pontiff. Rom. (Venice, 1690) ; also the lives by Albrizzi (Rome, 1695) ; Buonamici (Rome, 1776) ; and Immich (Berlin, 1900) . Particular phases of Innocent’s activity have been treated by Michaud, Louis XIV. et Innoc. ”