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Thursday, November 9, 2023
Gregory the Great
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Saint Gregory the Great (c.540 - 12 March 604) started as Pope Gregory I in 590. Earlier than that he started as a prefect of Rome, though ...
Monday, September 26, 2022
The Donation of Pepin
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The idea of actual Papal States giving the pope serious temporal power really took off in 756 when Pepin the Short , king of the Franks, ga...
Sunday, September 25, 2022
The Papal States
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Although the early popes had no temporal power or property, as the Roman Catholic Church grew in popularity and influence, they accrued terr...
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Charlemagne's Father-in-Law
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Desiderius, from a 15th century miniature I mentioned here how Charlemagne fought and defeated Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and s...
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