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Allegory of the Concordat of 1801, by Pierre Joseph Célestin François. The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between the First French Republic and the Holy See, signed by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII on 15 July 1801 in Paris. [1] It remained in effect until 1905, except in Alsace–Lorraine, where it remains in force.
A concordat (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃kɔʁda]) is a convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both, [1] i.e. the recognition and privileges of the Catholic Church in a particular country and with secular matters that affect church ...
The Concordat of 1801 was a reflection of an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restored some of its former civil status. After Napoleon's defeat, the Papacy approved of the neo-royalist Restoration and opposed the Carbonaris and other secret ...
15 July – Concordat of 1801, agreement signed between France and Pope Pius VII that reaffirms the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restores some of its civil status. 17 August – Siege of Alexandria by the British begins. 2 September – Siege of Alexandria ends in British victory.
The Concordat of 1801, drawn up not in the Catholic Church's interest but in that of his own policy, by giving satisfaction to the religious feeling of the country, allowed him to put down the constitutional democratic Church, to rally round him the consciences of the peasants, and above all to deprive the royalists of their best weapon.
The revolution led to a brief separation of church and state in 1795, ended by Napoleon's re-establishment of the Catholic Church as the state religion with the Concordat of 1801. [2] While the Concordat restored some ties to the papacy, it was an attempt on Napoleon's part to win favor with Catholics in France and largely favored the state. [3]
The Petite Église (French pronunciation: [pətit eɡliz], "Little Church"; Dutch: Stevenisten, lit. 'Stevenists') was a group of French and Belgian Roman Catholics who separated from the Catholic Church in France following the Concordat of 1801 between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Allegory of the Concordat of 1801. François' pupils were very numerous, including Navez, Decaisne, Madou, and others. [2] He also trained his son Ange François, who also worked in his workshop. [4] He died in 1851 in Brussels. [1]