Benedict XIII had exclaimed to his coachman: "Non ci far impicci""Do not involve us in a quarrel." On the other hand, this anonymous satirical comment on Benedict XIII's death was posted at the Pasquino: "This tomb encloses the bones of a little friar: more than a saint's lover a protector of brigands" Cause of beatification The process for his beatification was opened in Tortona in 1755 under Pope Benedict XIV but it did not at all advance and so was stalled. On 21 February 1931, also in Tortona, the process was revitalized but the presumed doubts about the morality of the late pontiff's Cardinal Secretary of State, Niccolò Coscia, caused its closing in 1940. The process was reopened on 17 January 2004. The official diocesan process commenced in Rome in early 2012 and the official opening of that process was held in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, presided by Agostino Vallini. The diocesan phase for the beatification process concluded on 24 February 2017 at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran with Vallini celebrating the conclusion of the inquest. He now has the posthumous title of Servant of God. The current postulator of the cause is the Dominican priest Francesco Maria Ricci. See also Orsini family Cardinals created by Benedict XIII List of popes References Footnotes 1649 births 1730 deaths People from Gravina in Puglia Pope Benedict XIII Orsini family Popes 18th-century popes Italian popes Cardinal-bishops of Porto Archbishops of Benevento Bishops of Cesena Italian Servants of God Italian Dominicans Dominican popes Cardinal-nephews 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 18th-century venerated Christians Papal Servants of God Dominican Servants of God Burials at Santa Maria sopra Minerva