The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-16
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cOPJ 'AVW JUG C1tt0 C0te0tc0, of Turin
the following sketch of those who precede,
Victor Emmanuel in career of spoliation
There was Creecentius, at the end of th,
f 9G;t century; he wanted to absorb Rome
taOSGn says he "was the Brutus of thu
republic "a. b. 1881. From the condition
OF subject and an exile he twice rose e
the command of the city, oppressed and
expelled the Popes, and formed a conspir.
acy for restoring the authority Of the Greel
SS9PeFoTe."J He was brought to nought
1eing hung by the neck, not by order q
me Pope, but of the Emperor, and hi,
head was exposed on the battlementa q,
& Castle Saint Angelo. He was humber one
onstting all mention of tho pagans and
neretlcs that had gone before him.
arnold OF Brescia wanted to absorb Rome
~ robbirg the Pope; but the mouthfu1
stuck in his throat He was made Drisoner
after ruling Rome for 10 years, and was
brought to nought; being burnt, and bis
ssnes scattered in the Tiber; and the line
OF Pontiffs was restored to Rome in the
person of the Englishman, Adrian "
Number two.
The Emperor Ohio I, called the Great.
wanted to absorb Rome, and drove from
the. Pcntifical throne the Pope John XII,
rom wncm little while before he had re-
ceived the imperial crown. But Ohio was
very shortly afterwards brought to nought
0y stroke of apoplexy. Number three.
Otno OF Saxony, in 1909, violating the
laws q justice and his own solemn prom
cses. nvaded the territories of the Holy
ZEE In order to absorb Rome. But he was
brought to nought by the Popes excom-
munication, In pursuance of which France
ana 6ermany rose up against him, and in
the emu the aggressor lost his own throne.
Four.
4 Frederic I, Barbarossa, coveted Rome
and wished to absorb it. But Pope Alex.
aRder HI resisted him SO effectual}y that
ne had to sue for mercy. He was drowned
IN Cillcia, and misfortune pursued his
Henry V. prosecuted Pope Pascal II. and
wished to absorb Rome, but he got the
worst of it, fell into terrible troubles. and
was brought to nought, not only himself
put his unnatural son, who died of pest-
lence. Number six.
Frederic II conspired against the true
Pope, and sought to absorb Rome; but was
repaid in his own COIN. he was DESTROYED
6y poison given him by his own SON.
Philip lie Bel prosecuted sPobe Boniface
YIN, and meditated the absorption of |
home. He was brought to nought at the
early age of 46 by fall from lis horse.
Number eight.
The first French Republic, ammo Domiui
w., gave orders to General Kellerman to
absorb Rome, and to free it "f1om the
yoke of the priests" The Republic was
Number nine. 'e
Inc same General Bonaparte, as Napo-
n leon !, did absorb Rome, and made it "the
brought to nought in the very Chateau of +
= ontainebleau filth April 1914. "Alors ;
says the historian) alors finit PEmpiren1 '.
y "a which he had held prisoner the Vicar Of
Joachim Murat, who in 1915 invaded tho (,
t.atrimony of st. Peter and attempted tod
absorb Rome, was destroyed three months
.1sssI wards. He was condemned to death .
ND shot at Pizzo. Number eleven. o
;. Miapo!eon ~ received from his father the =
lid nothing himself to promote the alb. 9.
erption, yet cane to an untimeIy end in y
nat very palace in Vienna where had been a. q!
lgned the DECREE for the deposition of the ci
cIy rope, Plus VII. Number twelve. NJ "
Louis Napoleon, brother to him who was "
aade by their uncle's will Emperor of the
rench, entered the Society of the Carbo- Gu
an, reoelled against the Pope, and want 10
70 absorb Rome; but in a short time he OK OK
as brought to nought by an untimeIy te
cath at Forli. Thirteen. nc
Cnaries Louis Napoleon Napoleon lily M N,
"a his cousin the Prince Napoleon, one an
one. way and the other in another, CON an an
pred for the absorption of Rome. Both 1 1e;
ave ath,o Deen brought to naught. One is 81
:throned prisoner in the hands of the a.;
ing OF Prussia; the other lis going the ~,
und OF Europe withouta country and Ch
lthout name. Fourteen. 70
favour, farinl, Fanti, and their COM NC
'ers, wanted to absorb Rome. Where ac'
e they now Brought to nought. Where ne
that Joachim Napoleon Pepoii who voted fou
q absorption of the Eternal City the
ought to nought; as are also the. Persia the
Is, the Azeglios, the Bellazzi, and the Bo- ao
has; all men of mark but lately, and now ,av
onght to nought, for they wanted to alb %! 1e
This series of facts, ancient and modern. me-
an lndisputable andindubitable, is res 10 mo
ctinliy submitted as n topic for the me- nav
atoms of the Count Ponza di San Marti ner
In ms retirement at Dronero, The con- Z ht
Grafton of these accomplished facts will Cat
NY show him which side of his dilemma non
ikely to become a new fact of history. Cat
what result his mission 70 PSI ehu
ely to produce. lies
The writer of this telling article might are
re added the case of the Emperor Henry are are
VINO thrice laid siege to Rome, and es- oine
llshed the antelope Clement III, and 10
'ned himself for short time in the own
'itoi, put was overthrow and brought - ell
lougnt by the Norman, Robert G discard, ihte
restored the true Pope, st. Gregory mat mat
the
spea
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