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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ... of Tuscany, and disregards their protests, 1569--excommunicates queen Elizabeth, and encourages earl Thomond in an attempted rebellion in Ireland, 1570--claims jurisdiction in Sicily, which Philip II. of Spain resists, 1571--fits out a fleet, which assists in the defeat of the Turks in the Gulf of Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571--d. May 1,1572. Pius VI., pope, cardinal John Angelo Braschi.6. 1717--succeeds, Feb. 15,1775--encourages Martini's Italian version of the Scriptures, 1776--visits Vienna to endeavour to divert the emperor, Joseph II., from his course of reform, 1782--annuls the resolutions of the German and Italian prelates, met at Ems and Pistoja, against the papal supremacy, 1787--deposes ScipioRicci, bp.of Pistoja and Prato, 1790--threatens the constitutional bishops of France, 1791--makes a treaty with the French republic at Tolentino, Feb. 19,1797--expelled by them from Rome, Feb. 15,1798--carried a prisoner to France; d. at Valence, Aug. 29, 1799. Pius VII., pope, cardinal Gregory Barnabas Chiaramonte, b. 1740--elected by a conclave at Venice, March 13, 1800--agrees to a concordat with France, July 15,1801--crowns Napoleon, Dec. 2,1804--excommunicates him, June 10, 1809--is carried a prisoner to Savona, July 6; an archbishop of Paris appointed in defiance of him, Oct. 14, 1810--refuses to consecrate the French bishops, but a compromise is effected by cardinal Fesch, Aug. 5, 1811--Napoleon endeavours to conciliate him, March 23,1813--set at liberty, and allowed to return to Rome, Jan. 23, 1814--re-establishes the Jesuits, Aug. 15, and the Inquisition, Aug. 17--driven from Rome by Murat, March 22; returns, May, 10,1815--d. Aug. 20,1823. Pius VIII., pope, Francis Xavier Castiglione, b. 1762--elected March 31,1829--protects the Jesuits and the Inquisition; ..
