Pope clement xiv biography

On July 4, 1772, appeared on the scene a new Spanish ambassador, Joseph Monino, Count of Florida Blanca. At once he made an onslaught on the perplexed pope. He openly threatened him with a schism in Spain and probably in the other Bourbon states, such as had existed in Portugal from 1760 to 1770.

Pope clement xiv biography

Pope clement xiv biography

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On the other hand, he promised the restitution of Avignon and Benevento, still held by France and Naples. Whilst Clement’s anger was roused by this latter simoniacal proposal, his good, but feeble, heart could not overcome the fear of a widespread schism.

Monino had conquered. He now ransacked the archives of Rome and Spain to supply Clement with facts justifying the promised suppression.

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Monino must be held responsible for the matter of the Brief “Dominus ac Redemptor”, i.e. for its facts and provisions; the pope contributed little more to it than the form of his supreme authority. Meanwhile Clement continued to harass the Jesuits of his own do-minions,