Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory: Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory
Pope Gregory has been the name of sixteen Roman Catholic Popes: Pope Gregory I, also called Gregory the Great Pope Gregory II Pope Grego...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Lombards
Gregory's independent action in appointing governors to cities, providing munitions of war, giving instructions to generals, sending amba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Works
Gregory is the only pope between the 5th and the 11th centuries whose correspondence and writings have survived enough to form a comprehe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez: Encyclopedia - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez
Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (May 23, 1946 – March 22, 2005) was proclaimed Pope Gregory XVII by supporters of the Palmarian Catholic C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 731: Encyclopedia - 731
731 - Events. Bede completes his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum February 11 - Pope Gregory III succeeds Gregory II Unit 731 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 999: Encyclopedia - 999
999 - Events. Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V Sigmundu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 257: Encyclopedia - 257
257 - Events. Pope Sixtus II succeeds Pope Stephen I Franks breach the Roman Rhine border en masse. 257 - Births. Saint Gregory th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustine Of Canterbury: Encyclopedia - Augustine Of Canterbury
Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent, Bretwalda of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 827: Encyclopedia - 827
Events Succession of Pope Valentine, then Pope Gregory IV. Arabs invade Sicily. The royal ceremonial centre at Copán is abandoned. Chal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Sutri: Encyclopedia - Council Of Sutri
The Council of Sutri (or Synod of Sutri) was called by Pope Gregory VI at the behest of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and opened on Decem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 741: Encyclopedia - 741
741 - Events. June 18 - Constantine V succeeds Leo III as emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Pope Zacharias succeeds Pope Gregory III. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 844: Encyclopedia - 844
844 - Events. Succession of Pope Sergius II (844 - 847). Rhodri Mawr ('the Great') becomes king of Gwynedd. June 15: Louis II is crown...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 996: Encyclopedia - 996
996 - Events. March/April - Pope John XV dies before being being able to coronate Otto III, King of Germany as Holy Roman Emperor. Ott...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Victor Iii: Encyclopedia - Pope Victor Iii
The Blessed Victor III, born as Dauferius (Benevento, 1026? – September 16, 1087), pope (May 24, 1086 until his death), was the success...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benno: Encyclopedia - Benno
Benno [of Meissen] (1010 - June 16, 1106), bishop of Meissen, was the son of Werner, count of Woldbnburg, was educated at Gosslar, and in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1228: Encyclopedia - 1228
1228 - Events. The Sixth Crusade is launched by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, after delays due to sickness and an excommunication ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipope John Xvi: Encyclopedia - Antipope John Xvi
John XVI (originally John Piligato or Philagathus) (died AD 1013?) was an Italian antipope between 997 and 998. He was chosen by Crescent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Audita Tremendi: Encyclopedia - Audita Tremendi
Audita tremendi was a papal bull issued by Pope Gregory VIII on October 29, 1187, calling for the Third Crusade. It was issued just days ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 997: Encyclopedia - 997
997 - Events. City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 604: Encyclopedia - 604
Events April 13 - Sabinianus becomes Pope, succeeding Gregory I. September 13 - Pope Sabinianus is consecrated. Saint Laurence becomes A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 601: Encyclopedia - 601
601 - Events. The future Archbishops of Canterbury, Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius, and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipope Benedict X: Encyclopedia - Antipope Benedict X
Pope Benedict X (reigned 1058-1059; died ca. 1073 or 1080), was born John Minicus, and later became Cardinal Bishop of Velletri. He was e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia - Antipope John Xxiii
Antipope John XXIII, antipope of the Pisan party (1410–1415), (about 1370 – November 22, 1419), was born as Baldassare Cossa. Cardina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 590: Encyclopedia - 590
590 - Events. September 3 - St. Gregory I becomes Pope. Persian king Hormizd IV succeeded by Khosrau II . The Byzantine Empire begins ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1045: Encyclopedia - 1045
1045 - Events. Emperor Go-Reizei ascends the throne of Japan. Harold Godwinson becomes Earl of Wessex. Edward the Confessor marries Ed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1073: Encyclopedia - 1073
1073 - Events. Cardinal Hildebrand elevated to papacy as Pope Gregory VII, succeeding Pope Alexander II Emperor Shirakawa ascends the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1235: Encyclopedia - 1235
1235 - Events. Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht St. Elizabeth of Hungary died November 17, 1231, either from physical fatigue or from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Bawden: Encyclopedia - David Bawden
David Allen Bawden (born September 22, 1959), is an American citizen who was elected "Pope Michael I" by a group of six Conclavist or pos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Ii: Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Ii
Urban II, né Otho of Lagery (or Otto or Odo) (1042 - July 29, 1099), was a pope from 1088 to July 29, 1099. He is most known for startin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1591: Encyclopedia - 1591
1591 - Events. June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. July - Capture of Deventer by the Dutch under Maurice o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursulines: Encyclopedia - Ursulines
The Ursulines are a religious order founded at Brescia, Italy by St. Angela of Merici in November 1535, primarily for the education of gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1271: Encyclopedia - 1271
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. 1271 - Events. 1271 - Europe. July 2 - Kings Otakar II of Bohemia and Ste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 715: Encyclopedia - 715
715 - Events. August 11 - Germanus is translated from the bishopric of Cyzicus to the Patriarch of Constantinople Umayyad caliph al-Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avignon Pope Benedict Xiii: Encyclopedia - Avignon Pope Benedict Xiii
Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b. Illueca, Aragon, 1328; d. Peñíscola, near Valencia, 1423) was an Aragonese, and is con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 595: Encyclopedia - 595
595 - Events. The first mention of the state of Karantania on monuments. Augustine of Canterbury is sent on a mission to Kent by Pope ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1012: Encyclopedia - 1012
Events Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf. Sulaym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Viii: Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Viii
Urban VIII, né Maffeo Barberini (April 1568 – July 29, 1644) was pope from 1623-1644. He was born in 1568 to an important Florentine f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 378: Encyclopedia - 378
378 - Events. Mid-February: Lentienses cross frozen Rhine, invading Roman Empire. May: Lentienses are defeated by Gratianus, in the Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1172: Encyclopedia - 1172
1172 - Events. Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England. Pope Gregory VIII hosts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1086: Encyclopedia - 1086
1086 - Events. Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1076: Encyclopedia - 1076
1076 - Events. February 14 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Anselm of Canterbury completes Monologion T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church: Encyclopedia - Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church
The Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church is a church in Dublin, Ireland maintained by the Carmelite order. The church is noted for having t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camerino: Encyclopedia - Camerino
Camerino is small town of 7 000 in Marche, Italy and lies on the Apennines between Marche and Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1187: Encyclopedia - 1187
1187 - Events. May 1 - Battle of Cresson - Saladin defeats the crusaders July 4 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1077: Encyclopedia - 1077
1077 - Events. January 26 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits Pope Gregory VII as a penitent, asking him remove sentence of excommun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1406: Encyclopedia - 1406
1406 - Events. Construction of Forbidden City begins in Beijing. Richard Whittington becomes Lord Mayor of London. December 25 - John ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corbinian: Encyclopedia - Corbinian
Saint Corbinian (670 - September 8, 730) was a Frankish bishop. His feast day, formerly September 8, has been translated to November 20 (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1830s: Encyclopedia - 1830s
The Aftermath of the Rebellions — The Rebellions of 1837-1838 : the most dramatic political event in Canadian history 1830s - Wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1138: Encyclopedia - 1138
1138 - Events. Robert Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter. March 13 - Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1415: Encyclopedia - 1415
1415 - Events. Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) becomes Burgrave of Nuremberg March 14 - Jan Hus travels to the Coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1624: Encyclopedia - 1624
1624 - Events. January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. The Neth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1621: Encyclopedia - 1621
1621 - Events. February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. February 17 - Miles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth Colon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1582: Encyclopedia - 1582
1582 - Events. January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calend...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gregorian Chant: Encyclopedia - Gregorian Chant
Gregorian chant is also known as plainchant or plainsong and is a form of monophonic, unaccompanied singing, which was developed in the C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Vii - To Canossa
The situation now became extremely critical for Henry. As a result of the agitation, which was zealously fostered by the papal legate Bis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Xvi: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Xvi - Election As Pope
On February 2, 1831, he was, after sixty-four days of conclave, unexpectedly chosen to succeed Pope Pius VIII in the papal chair. He was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Confrontation With Eutychius
In Constantinople, Gregory attracted attention in controversy with Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople, who had published a dissertatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Xvi: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Xvi - Ban On Railways As Ways Of The Devil
The Pope banned railways in the Papal territories, calling then "chemins d'enfer" ("ways of the devil": French for railway "chemins de fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Vii - Conflict With The Emperor
The reprimands of the pope, couched as they were in such an unprecedented form, infuriated Henry and his court, and their answer was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Vii - Early Life
He was born in obscurity in Sovana, a small town of Tuscany where his house can still be seen. He was sent to Rome at an early age for hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Vii - Election To The Papacy
On the death of Alexander II (April 21, 1073), Hildebrand became pope and took the name of Gregory VII. The mode of his election was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Vii - Papal Policy To The Rest Of Europe
The relationship of Gregory to other European states was strongly influenced by his German policy; as Germany, by taking up most of his p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory Vii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory Vii - Second Excommunication Of Henry
That the excommunication of Henry IV was simply a pretext, not a motive, for the opposition of the rebellious German nobles is transparen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Gregory I: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Gregory I - Servus Servorum Dei
Gregory, among the first to assert the primacy of the papal office, though he did not employ the term "pope", summed up the responsibilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1958: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1958 - The Mysterious Case Of 'pope Gregory Xvii'
Assocates of Siri later claimed that the cardinal had actually achieved the two-thirds majority necessary to be pope, that he was offered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez: Encyclopedia Ii - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez - Claim To The Papacy
Domínguez claimed that he was visited by Christ, along with St. Peter and Saint Paul, who told him The reign of the Glory of the Olives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez: Encyclopedia Ii - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez - Controversially Ordained
In December 1975, Clemente Domínguez founded his own religious order, The Carmelites of the Holy Face, allegedly on instruction from the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1958: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1958 - Background
Pope Pius XII died on October 9, 1958 in Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence in Italy, after a 19-year papacy. Pope Pius had been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1958: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1958 - Choosing Roncalli
As with many papal conclaves, the man eventually chosen to reign as pope was not one of the papabili but a mild-mannered former diplomat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1958: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1958 - The Case Of Giovanni Montini
Giovanni Montini had been one of the stars of the Curia in the 1930s and 1940s. A skilled diplomat and the Assistant (sostituto) Secretar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez: Encyclopedia Ii - Clemente Domínguez Y Gómez - Palmarian Heresy
According to Roman Catholic doctrine, Rome can not altogether lose the faith (according to the First Vatican Council). Thus, according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Honorius Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Honorius Iii - Elected Pope
On July 18, 1216, nineteen cardinals assembled at Perugia (where Innocent had died two days previously) with the purpose of electing a ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Pius Ix: Encyclopedia Ii - Pope Pius Ix - Papal Election
The conclave of 1846, following the death of Pope Gregory XVI, was one which took place during an unsettled political climate in Italy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Funeral Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Funeral Of Pope John Paul Ii - Mass Of Repose
The Mass of Repose, a sacred ritual offered to anyone baptized in the Roman Catholic Church, was led by Angelo Cardinal Sodano on April 3...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Popes-magicians: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Popes-magicians
Popes-Magicians. There are several such in history; e.g., Pope Sylvester II., the artist who made an "oracular head", like t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocrisiarius: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocrisiarius - To Posts In The East
An apocrisiarius was a cleric who served as the representative (also described as legate, a less precise term) of a Patriarch. The most f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walk To Canossa: Encyclopedia Ii - Walk To Canossa - The Walk To Canossa
Fearing rebellion among the German aristocracy (violence had already broken out at Langensalza a year prior), Henry felt he had to have h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Pisa: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Pisa - Preliminaries
The Great Schism of the West had lasted thirty years (since 1378), and none of the means employed to bring it to an end had been successf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The Papal Tiara: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The Papal Tiara - First Mention
A form of papal crown is first mentioned in the vita of Pope Constantine (eighth century) contained in the Liber Pontificalis; there it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Biography Of Pope John Paul Ii - The Young Priest
Karol Wojtyła was ordained a priest on 1 November 1946, by the Archbishop of Kraków, Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha. He then travelled to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patriarch Anastasius Of Constantinople: Encyclopedia Ii - Patriarch Anastasius Of Constantinople - Background
In 726 Emperor Leo III published an edict forbidding the use of images in the Church. His soldiers consequently removed images from churc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prothonotary: Encyclopedia Ii - Prothonotary - Catholic Church Usage
In the Roman Catholic Church, it is the title of certain prelates called prothonotaries apostolic (Latin protonotarii apostolicii). In th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Investiture Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Investiture Controversy - Investiture Controversy
In 1075 Pope Gregory VII declared in the Dictatus Papae that as the Roman church was founded by God alone, only the papal power (the auct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walk To Canossa: Encyclopedia Ii - Walk To Canossa - At The Fortress
When Henry reached Canossa, the Pope ordered that he be refused entry. According to the first-hand accounts of the scene (letters writte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origins Of The Papal Tiara: Encyclopedia Ii - Origins Of The Papal Tiara - Papal Headgear
Popes since ancient times had worn some sort of head covering. By the 9th century it would appear that this took the form of a helmet-sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pietro Damiani: Encyclopedia Ii - Pietro Damiani - Reformer
Although living in the seclusion of the cloister, Peter Damian watched closely the fortunes of the Church, and like his friend Hildebrand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursulines: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursulines - History
St. Angela spent 17 years leading a group of women known as The Company of St. Ursula, who regularly met for conferences and devotional p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1922: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1922 - Aftermath
Ratti himself was less easy to categorise in terms of the conservative/liberal divide than most of his immediate predecessors. Most regar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propaganda: Encyclopedia Ii - Propaganda - History Of Propaganda
Propaganda - Etymology. In late Latin, propaganda meant "things to be propagated". In 1622, shortly after the start of the Thirty Years...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Gerson: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Gerson - Gerson And The Great Schism
Gerson's chief work was what he did to the great schism. Gregory XI had died in 1378, one year after Gerson went to the college of Navarr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halloween: Encyclopedia Ii - Halloween - Cultural History
Halloween - Christian festival. Pope Boniface IV established an anniversary dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the martyrs when he consec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal Conclave 1846: Encyclopedia Ii - Papal Conclave 1846 - Conclave Divided Over How To Rule The Papal States
It was the issue of the government of the Papal States that was to prove central to the 1846 conclave. The College of Cardinals was split...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1271: Encyclopedia Ii - 1271 - Events
1271 - Europe. July 2 - Kings Otakar II of Bohemia and Stephen V of Hungary sign the first Peace of Pressburg, settling territorial cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Roman Catholic Church - Church Of The Dark Ages 476 Ad – 850 Ad
History of the Roman Catholic Church - Key Dates. 480: St Benedict begins his Monastic Rule, setting out regulations for the establism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Roman Catholic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Roman Catholic Church - Church Of The Dark Ages 476 Ad – 850 Ad
History of the Roman Catholic Church - Key Dates. 480: St Benedict begins his Monastic Rule, setting out regulations for the establism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Cardinal Allen: Encyclopedia Ii - William Cardinal Allen - Rome And Rheims
When the number of students had risen rapidly to one hundred and twenty, the Pope summoned Allen to Rome to establish a similar college t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jan Hus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jan Hus - Papal Schism
The development of conditions at the University of Prague depended to a great extent on the question of the papal schism. King Wenceslaus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Old Calendarists: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Old Calendarists - History
Up to the early 20th century, the Eastern Orthodox Church used the Julian Calendar universally, not accepting the calendar reforms of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abbey Of Cluny: Encyclopedia Ii - Abbey Of Cluny - Cluny And The Gregorian Reforms
Cluny was not known for its severity or asceticism, nor for embracing apostolic poverty, but the abbots of Cluny supported the revival of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramon Llull: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramon Llull - Reputation After Death
Posthumously, Llull became celebrated as a great alchemist, although he had been opposed to occult beliefs. At some time he was credited ...   » Read the article