Tag: Excommunication

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27th April 1509: Pope Julius II excommunicates the entire population of Venice

27th April 2023
Tagged as: Excommunication, Italy, Julius II, League of Cambrai, Pope, Venice

The interdict deprived the Venetians of their spiritual salvation, and was therefore a formidable weapon.

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25th February 1570: Elizabeth I of England excommunicated by Pope Pius V

25th February 2023
Tagged as: Elizabeth I, Excommunication, Heresy, Papacy, Pius V

Pope Pius V issued the Papal bull Regnans in Excelsis which excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy.

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11th October 1521: Henry VIII becomes ‘Defender of the Faith’

11th October 2020
Tagged as: Catholicism, Church of England, Defender of the Faith, Divorce, Excommunication, Henry VIII, Leo X, Marriage, Martin Luther, Pope, Protestantism, Tudor

On the 11^th October 1521, Pope Leo X granted the title “Defender of the Faith” to King Henry VIII of England.