Tag: Papacy

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18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome

• 18th April 2023
• Tagged as: Architecture, Catholicism, Church, Constantine the Great, Julius II, Michelangelo, Papacy, Renaissance, Rome, Urban VIII, Vatican, Vatican City

Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings.

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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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26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent

• 26th January 2023
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Council of Trent, Counter-Reformation, Martin Luther, Papacy, Pius IV, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation

Pope Pius IV issued a Papal bull confirming the decrees of the Council of Trent that defined Catholic doctrine in the face of the Protestant Reformation.

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16th January 1412: Antipope John XXIII makes the Medici Bank the official bank to the Papacy

• 16th January 2023
• Tagged as: Antipope, Banking, Finance, John XXIII, Medici, Medieval, Papacy, Religion, Renaissance, Rome, Vatican

Antipope John XXIII made the Medici Bank the official bank of the Papacy.

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3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy

• 3rd November 2022
• Tagged as: Act of Supremacy, Catholicism, Church, Church of England, England, Henry VIII, Papacy, Parliament, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion

The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.

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4th October 1582: Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar

• 4th October 2022
• Tagged as: Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Papacy, Pope, Pope Gregory XIII, Rome, Time

By the 16^th Century a sizable drift had developed between the Julian calendar, the lunar calendar, and the real moon which the new calendar sought to resolve.

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18th March 1314: Execution of Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar

• 18th March 2022
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Clement V, Crusade, Execution, France, Knights Templar, Papacy, Philip IV, Pope, Religion

The Knights Templar was formally abolished by Pope Clement V, but Molay’s execution secured his place as one of the Order’s most famous members.

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1st November 1512: Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel unveiled

• 1st November 2021
• Tagged as: Art, Culture, Italy, Michelangelo, Papacy, Pope, Renaissance, Rome, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.

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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

• 27th September 2021
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Europe, Mexico, Papacy, Papal States, Pope, Rome, Smoking, Tobacco, Urban VII, Urban VIII, Vatican

The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.