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Showing posts with label Papal States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Papal States. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Pope John VIII

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John VIII was a Roman who, as a young man, witnessed the 846 CE raid against Rome by Muslims. According to the Liber Pontificalis  ("Bo...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Treaty of San Germano

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When Pope Gregory IX started what came to be called the War of the Keys , he thought he was secure because his target was the Holy Roman Em...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Pepin's Godfather

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Liutprand was King of the Lombards from 712 - 744. During his reign he conquered much of the Italian Peninsula, made an agreement with Pope...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Liutprand of the Lombards

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In order to preserve Western Europe for Christendom and repel the Muslim invasions, Charles Martel enlisted the aid of Liutprand, King of t...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Lorenzo Valla--Early Modern Scholar

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Lorenzo Valla was born about 1407 in Rome. His father was a lawyer for the pope. Lorenzo studied under Leonardo Bruni (sometimes called the ...
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...