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« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2018, 08:46:27 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #17 on: November 02, 2018, 08:46:50 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2018, 09:49:34 PM » |
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Amen.
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'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. . . Fulcite me floribus. (The flowers appear on the earth. . . stay me up with flowers. Sg 2:12,5)
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« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2018, 09:18:34 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2018, 07:48:09 PM » |
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On November 1, 1223, King Louis VIII of France issued an ordinance that prohibited his officials from recording debts owed to Jews.
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« Reply #21 on: December 03, 2018, 07:35:43 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2018, 08:00:55 PM » |
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King Henry III of England promoted rich, luxurious church services and attended Mass at least once a day.
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« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2018, 06:27:21 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2019, 07:31:15 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2019, 06:17:24 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2019, 08:03:23 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2019, 07:45:37 PM » |
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"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
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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2019, 08:35:56 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2019, 06:45:50 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #31 on: February 23, 2019, 07:31:51 PM » |
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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.
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