Pope: Alexander VII #235 (Elected by the Flying Squadron)

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Popes: Alexander VII #235, VRP Catholic Media. His election insured by a group of independent Cardinals known as The Flying Squadron (Squadrone Volante), this 17th century pope adopted sanitary measures to combat plague in Rome. He prevailed upon the powers in Venice to allow the return of the once banished Jesuits.
Series on the supreme pontiff, from St. Peter to John Paul II. Taken from, Popes through the Ages, Third Edition, (1980, Joseph S. Brusher, S.J.).
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