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The Pope bitterly felt this catastrophe as a double blow to Christendom and to Greek letters. "It is a second death", wrote Aeneas Silvius, "to Homer and Plato." [6] Nicholas preached a crusade and endeavoured to reconcile the mutual animosities of the Italian states, but without much success. [6]
Pope Nicholas V. Dum Diversas (English: While different) is a papal bull issued on 18 June 1452 by Pope Nicholas V.It authorized King Afonso V of Portugal to fight, subjugate, and conquer "those rising against the Catholic faith and struggling to extinguish Christian Religion"—namely, the "Saracens and pagans" in a militarily disputed African territory.
Popes of the 5th century Pontiff number Pontificate Name: English · Latin Date and Place of birth Age at start/ end Notes 40 21 December 401 – 12 March 417 (15 years, 81 days) St Innocent I INNOCENTIVS: Albanum, Latium et Campania, Roman Empire Roman citizen. Feast day 12 March. Visigoth Sack of Rome (410) under Alaric I. 41 18 March 417 –
Nicholas II: Establishing cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the pope. [2] 1079 Libertas ecclesiae ("The liberty of the Church") Gregory VII: About Church's independence from imperial authority and interference. 1079 Antiqua sanctorum patrum ("The old (traces of the) holy fathers") Granted the church of Lyon primacy over the churches of Gaul.
Based on a Robert Harris novel, the thriller "Conclave," starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, re-creates the secret process of electing a pope.
Pope Nicholas V (1397-1455).. Pope Nicholas V (r. 1447–1455) created eight new cardinals in three consistories, including the former Antipope Felix V (1439–1449).He also confirmed the three promotions made by this antipope, and restored two cardinals who were created by the legitimate popes but then deposed for having supported the schism of the Council of Basle and Antipope Felix V.
Romanus Pontifex (from Latin: "The Roman Pontiff") is the title of at least three papal bulls: . One issued in 1436 by Pope Eugenius IV; [1]; A second issued on September 21, 1451, by Pope Nicholas V, relieving the dukes of Austria from any potential ecclesiastical censure for permitting Jews to dwell there; [2]
Pope Francis is opening a holy door at a prison, which would happen for the first time during an ordinary Jubilee Year, though opened one during the 2015 Jubilee Year of Mercy, according to Denver ...