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« Reply #48 on: September 18, 2019, 09:30:14 PM » |
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King Henry I of England filled the ecclesiastical posts that had been kept empty by his brother, King William II. |
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« Reply #49 on: September 21, 2019, 09:18:20 PM » |
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In 1312, after the Council of Vienne and under extreme pressure from King Philip IV of France,
Pope Clement V issued an edict officially dissolving the Knights Templar. |
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« Reply #50 on: September 25, 2019, 09:36:25 PM » |
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Pope Innocent III organized the Fourth Crusade of 1202-1204, which ended in the disastrous sack of Constantinople. |
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« Reply #51 on: October 08, 2019, 09:11:33 PM » |
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Pope John XV was Pope from 985 to 996.
In 993 he was the first pope to proclaim a saint.
He canonized Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg on January 31, 993. |
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« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2019, 08:50:16 PM » |
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Damasus I was Pope from 366 to 384. It was Damasus who induced Saint Jerome to
undertake his famous revision of the earlier Latin versions of the Bible. |
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« Reply #53 on: November 11, 2019, 09:23:35 PM » |
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In 1058 King Henry I of France was selling bishoprics and abbacies. |
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« Reply #54 on: November 21, 2019, 09:28:27 PM » |
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Pope Boniface III sought and obtained a decree from Emperor Phocas which restated that
"the See of Blessed Peter the Apostle should be the head of all the Churches". |
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« Reply #55 on: January 07, 2020, 09:55:30 PM » |
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At the time of King Denis of Portugal's accession to the throne, Portugal was in diplomatic conflict
with the Catholic Church. Denis signed a favoring agreement with the Pope
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« Reply #56 on: January 28, 2020, 10:10:17 PM » |
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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.
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« Reply #57 on: February 24, 2020, 10:13:00 PM » |
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Leo II was elected pope a few days after the demise of Pope Agatho on January 10, 681.
Leo was not consecrated till after the lapse of a year and seven months (August 17, 682). |
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« Reply #58 on: March 07, 2020, 10:05:22 PM » |
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Gertrude of Aldenberg (1227-1291) was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary and of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia.
She entered the community of the Abbey of Aldenberg. In 1248 she was elected abbess and ruled over the monastery for the next 49 years. |
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« Reply #59 on: March 18, 2020, 09:22:42 PM » |
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Pope Alexander II was pope from 1061 to 1073. His was the first election
by the cardinals without the participation of the people and the minor clergy of Rome. |
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« Reply #60 on: April 13, 2020, 09:49:45 PM » |
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Elizabeth of Aragon (1271-1336) was the Queen Consort of King Denis of Portugal.
After Denis' demise in 1325, Elizabeth retired to the monastery of the Poor Clare nuns. She joined the Third Order of St. Francis. |
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« Reply #61 on: April 17, 2020, 09:20:48 PM » |
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When Archbishop Theobald died in 1161, King Henry II of England pressed for Thomas Becket to succeed him.
Becket was not even an ordained priest. The necessary ceremony was hastily conducted
the day before Thomas was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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« Reply #62 on: May 09, 2020, 10:06:07 AM » |
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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and is the largest Roman Catholic church in New England. |
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« Reply #63 on: June 13, 2020, 11:21:48 AM » |
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In 925 Pope John X enforced the local use of Latin in the Mass. |
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