"The Other Sack of Rome 1798 - 1799 " Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Jan 2016 12:49 p.m. PST |
"On the French Revolution Pius VI had first adopted a silent attitude
However as events unfolded he was compelled to issue his Brief Aliquantum condemning events and the undermining of the Church
Such opposition did not go unnoticed and led to the burning of the effigy of the Pope at Versailles and other more violent measures against the Church and the Papacy
The Pope rejected the "Constitution civile du clergé" on 13 March, 1791, suspended the priests that accepted it, provided as well as he could for the banished clergy and protested against the execution of Louis XVI.
The Papal States were attacked and taken over leading to the Papal humiliation of the Treaty of Tolentino…"
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