Church Affairs

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                     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.

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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.

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                        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.

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

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                         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.

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                      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.

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                  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.

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                         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.

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

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                              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.

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

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Pope Leo VII was Pope from 936 tom 939.   
Most of his bulls were grants of privilege to monasteries, including the Abbey of Cluny.

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                                                  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.

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Horton Abbey in Dorset, England was dedicated to Saint Olfrida (Wilfrida), the mother   
of Saint Edith of Wilton by King Edgar the Peaceful.

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                                       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.

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In 1102 St. Godrich of Finchale assisted King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to escape after the Battle of Ramleh.