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61Giovanni Francesco Commendone — (born at Venice, 17 March 1523; died at Padua, 26 December 1584) was an Italian Cardinal and papal nuncio. Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone, papal diplomat Life After an education in the humanities and in jurisprudence at the Un …
62Papal conclave, 1592 — The Papal conclave of January 10 – January 30, 1592 was the papal conclave that elected Pope Clement VIII in succession to Pope Innocent IX. Death of Innocent IXPope Innocent IX died on December 30, 1591 only two months into his pontificate. This …
63Giovanni Francesco Commendone — Giovanni Francesco Commendone † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giovanni Francesco Commendone Cardinal and Papal Nuncio, born at Venice, 17 March, 1523; died at Padua, 26 Dec., 1584 After receiving a thorough education in the humanities and… …
64Matteo Ricci — Matteo Ricci † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Matteo Ricci Founder of the Catholic missions of China, b. at Macerata in the Papal States, 6 Oct. 1552; d. at Peking, 11 May, 1610. Ricci made his classical studies in his native town,… …
65Crusades — a series of military expeditions between the 11th and 14th centuries, in which armies from the Christian countries of Europe tried to get back the Holy Land (= what is now Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Egypt) from the Muslims. The soldiers who… …
66Archdiocese of Montreal — Archdiocese of Montreal † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Montreal Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical Province of Montreal. Suffragans: the Dioceses of Saint Hyacinthe, Sherbrooke, Valleyfield, and Joliette. Catholic population …
67Monarchia Sicula — The Monarchia Sicula was a right exercised from the beginning of the sixteenth century by the secular rulers of Sicily, according to which they had final jurisdiction in purely religious matters, independent of the Holy See. This right they… …
68Papal conclave, 1572 — The Papal conclave, May 12 – May 13, 1572 – papal conclave convoked after the death of Pius V, elected Cardinal Ugo Boncompagni, who under the name of Gregory XIII became the 226th pope of the Catholic Church. List of participants Pope Pius V… …
69Hussites — • The followers of Jan Hus did not of themselves assume the name of Hussites. Like Hus, they believed their creed to be truly Catholic; in papal and conciliar documents they appear as Wycliffites, although Hus and even Jerome of Prague are also… …
70Monarchia Sicula — • A right exercised from the beginning of the sixteenth century by the secular rulers of Sicily, according to which they had final jurisdiction in purely religious matters, independent of the Holy See Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
