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« on: April 19, 2018, 06:15:28 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2018, 10:40:50 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2018, 09:00:18 PM » |
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When Isabella of France was Dowager Queen of England, she distributed alms to 150 people on holy days of obligation.
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2018, 09:07:51 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2018, 09:58:27 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2018, 09:45:24 PM » |
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Count Eitel Friedrich I of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1545-1605) had the St. Lucrene abbey church built.
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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2018, 10:03:31 PM » |
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On coming to power, King Louis XV of France revived all the anti-Protestant laws of Louis XIV, in the Declaration of 1724.
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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2018, 09:58:42 PM » |
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King Alfonso I of Portugal, who reigned from 1139 to 1185, gave the land to the monks.
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« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2018, 09:29:13 PM » |
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In 1341 King Edward III of England ordered a daily Mass to be said for his mother Isabella in the chapel at Leeds Castle.
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« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2018, 08:31:08 PM » |
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In 1058 King Henry I of France was selling bishoprics and abbacies.
He ignored the accusations of tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert.
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« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2018, 08:44:13 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2018, 08:50:09 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2018, 08:41:23 PM » |
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King William I of England founded Battle Abbey to commemorate his victory at Hastings.
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« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2018, 08:54:06 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2018, 09:17:03 PM » |
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Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany attended the completion celebrations of Cologne Cathedral on August 14, 1880.
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