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                   King William I of England made his intentions towards the Church clear in 1070, when he replaced the native Archbishop of   
                     Canterbury, Stigand, with his own man, Lanfranc. Most of England's bishops and abbots were replaced by Norman clerics.

                          Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of King Henry II of England, was a patron of the abbey   
                            of Fontevrault for sixty years. In 1170 Eleanor granted lands, timber and firewood to the abbey.

               When Isabella of France was Dowager Queen of England, she distributed alms to 150 people on holy days of obligation.

                Built between 1242 and 1248 under order of King Louis IX of France, Sainte-Chapelle was constructed   
                  as a royal chapel to house the Holy Relics of the Passion of Christ.

                  Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort of King Edward IV of England, founded a chantry for two priests     
                   at her chapel of St. Erasmus, Westminster, in the 1470s to pray for the royal family.   
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                         King David I of Scotland founded many new bishoprics and abbeys including Melrose, Kelso and Jedburgh and endowed many of the monasteries.

                 Count Eitel Friedrich I of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545-1605) had the St. Lucrene abbey church built.

              On coming to power, King Louis XV of France revived all the anti-Protestant laws of Louis XIV, in the Declaration of 1724.

             King Alfonso I of Portugal, who reigned from 1139 to 1185, gave the land to the monks.

In 1341 King Edward III of England ordered a daily Mass to be said for his mother Isabella in the chapel at Leeds Castle.

                  In 1058 King Henry I of France was selling bishoprics and abbacies.
                   He ignored the accusations of tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert.

Princess Louise Hollinade of the Palatinate (1622-1709) was a daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate and King of Bohemia. Originally a Protestant, Louise went to France in December 1657. In France she converted to the Roman Catholic faith.

                When Isabella of France was Dowager Queen of England, thirteen poor people were fed each day   
                  at her expense and three more on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

                 King William I of England founded Battle Abbey to commemorate his victory at Hastings.

                   On May 27, 1152, Eleanor of Aquitaine revoked a grant of the forest of La Sevre to the abbey of Saint-Maixent.   
                    She had co-signed this grant with her first spouse, King Louis VII of France in 1146.   
                       Eleanor regranted the grant in her own right.

                 Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany attended the completion celebrations of Cologne Cathedral on August 14, 1880.

                     Emperor Napoleon's uncle Joseph Fesch was appointed Archbishop of Lyons in 1802.   
                      A year later he became a cardinal and French ambassador in Rome.   
                      Several of the works of art in his enormous collection were bequeathed to the city of Lyons.

                    Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II (1578-1637) issued the Edict of Restitution.     
                    This decree ordered that all the property and goods that once belonged to the Roman 
                     Catholic Church should be restored to it.

Amen.

                 Queen Adeliza of Louvain, the second wife of King Henry I of England, endowed     
                  Reading Abbey with one hundred shillings per year from her Queenshithe revenues.

On November 1, 1223, King Louis VIII of France issued an ordinance that prohibited his officials from recording debts owed to Jews.

                      Empress Maria Theresa of Austria donated a silver sculpture of a child in swaddling clothes as well as festive   
                        vestments to Innsbruck Cathedral on the occasion of the birth of her eldest son Archduke Joseph.

                   King Henry III of England promoted rich, luxurious church services and attended Mass at least once a day.

                     In 1289 King Dinis (Denis) I of Portugal signed an agreement with Pope Nicholas IV,     
                      swearing to protect the Catholic Church's interests in Portugal.

                      Matilda of Flanders was the Queen Consort of King William I of England.   
                       Matilda's daughters were educated at her Holy Trinity foundation at Caen.   
                        Cecily entered Holy Trinity as a novice in 1075. She became abbess in 1113.   
 
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                    Adeliza of Louvain was the second Queen Consort of King Henry I of England.     
                     In 1126 she issued her first independent charter as principal signatory.   
                     The charter was a grant to the canons of Holy Trinity at Christchurch London.

                    Charles V was the last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned by the Pope.   
                     On February 22, 1530 Pope Clement VII crowned him in Bologna, Italy.

                          Charles Emmanuel II was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675. He and his wife   
                            Jeanne Marie ordered the construction of various churches in Turin.

                           "Because of the vigour with which Charlemagne, St. Louis, and other brave French kings,   
                             more than the other kings of Christendom, have upheld the Catholic Faith, the kings of   
                             France are known among the kings of Christendom as 'Most Christian'."     
                             Thus wrote Philippe de Mezieres, a contemporary of King Charles VI of France

                        After the curacy became the diocese of Quebec in 1674, Bishop Francis de Laval established parishes   
                        with resident priests. When he stepped down in 1688, the bishop had established 35 parishes.

                            The Council of Avignon of 1279 was concerned with the protection of the rights, privileges, and   
                             immunities of the clergy. Provision was made also for the protection of those who promised   
                              to join the Crusade ordered by Pope Gregory X, but had failed to go.

Pope Clement XII was Pope from July 12, 1730 to February 6, 1740.   
He purchased from Cardinal Alessandro Albani for 60,000 scudi a famous collection of statues and antiquities and added it to the gallery of the Capitoline Hill. 
He canonized Saint Vincent de Paul.

                     Bernard, the abbot of the Abbey of Clairvaux was commissioned by Pope Eugene III to preach the   
                      Second Crusade. In obedience to the Pontiff, Bernard traveled through France and Germany.     
                        He aroused enthusiasm for the holy war among the masses of the population.

Pope Stephen III was the Pope from August 7, 768 to February 1, 772. He summoned the Lateran Council of 769 which sought to limit the influence of the nobles in papal elections.

                        In 1861 Bishop Freppel, an Alsatian, was named Bishop of Angers. He had Father Louis   
                        Lucon complete a degree in theology in 1873. The Bishop then sent him to Rome to earn   
                         a double doctorate in theology and canon law.

                   Pope Urban II consecrated the Cathedrale Saint-Andre de Bordeaux (Bordeaux Cathedral) in Bordeaux, France in 1096.

                         The Concordat of 1801 was a reflection of an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII     
                         that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restore some of its civil status.

                      A chancellor of the Holy Roman Church from 1089 to 1118, Giovanni Caetani established   
                      a permanent staff of clerks for the papacy. This overcame the previous custom of relying   
                      on Roman notaries to write papal documents.

                  Oddone Colonna was elected Pope on November 11, 1417. He took the name         
                   Martin V in honor of Saint Martin of Tours whose feast fell on the day of his election.

                         Pope Felix IV built the Sante e Damiano in the Imperial forums on land donated   
                          by the Ostrogoth regent Amalasuntha. He served as Pope from 526 to 530.

                          Pope Adrian IV (in office 1154 to 1159), the only English pope, gave King Henry II of England the right to rule Ireland.

                              Pope Stephen III was the Pontiff from 768 to 772. He summoned the Lateran Council   
                              of 769 which sought to limit the influence of the nobles in papal elections.

                                 Pope Urban was Pope from 1088 to 1099.   
                                  He supported the theological and ecclesiastical work of Anselm.

                                                  Pope Innocent III (in office 1198-1216) rejected the Archbishop of Canterbury, who had   
                                                   been nominated by King John of England. During the ensuing hostilities the King was   
                                                    excommunicated. John had the punishment removed by paying a tribute of 1,000 marks.

                                       In 1660, Francois de Laval completed the first pastoral visit of his curacy in Canada.   
                                        After the curacy became the diocese of Quebec in 1674, Bishop de Laval would       
                                         establish parishes with resident priests.

                            Prince Georg of Bavaria (1880-1943) was the eldest son of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and his wife     
                            Archduchess Gisela of Austria. In 1919 Georg resigned his military career and began studying theology   
                            in Innsbruck, Austria. He was ordained a Catholic priest on March 19, 1921.

The Gloria is also attributed to him also.

In the third century, St Cyprian scolded a wealthy woman for not giving enough of a donation during mass. 

I don't think that there is anything admirable about stealing from other people. Using the color of law to steal is even worse.

I wonder where he is today. There is a reason we pray for the poor souls in Purgatory.

On October 9, 1514 Princess Mary Tudor, the daughter of King Henry VII of England, and King Louis XII of France were married at Saint-Vulfran (Abbeville) Cathedral in Abbeville, France.