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. 1811 Excerpt: ...superseded the vulgar name of John by the pontifical appellation of Pius the Sixth, some of those who were not inclined to think favorably of his disposition or his abilities, applied to him a reproachful verse, predicting the ruin of. Rome under a SiMus d. His friends, on the other hand, ridiculed this gloomy prophecy ...
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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. 1811 Excerpt: ...superseded the vulgar name of John by the pontifical appellation of Pius the Sixth, some of those who were not inclined to think favorably of his disposition or his abilities, applied to him a reproachful verse, predicting the ruin of. Rome under a SiMus d. His friends, on the other hand, ridiculed this gloomy prophecy, and boasted of his ability, and the goodneis of his heart and character. He commenced his administration wiih acts of benevolence and charity, with the selection of deserving men for various offices, and the removal or discouragement of some individuals who had misbehaved. He also formed the resolution of undertaking a work calculated for national benefit--the draining of the Pontine marshes. J u Semper sub Sexiii perdiu Roma suit." A bank A bank was instituted to receive subscriptions for this purpose; but, after much labor and expence, the work was only effected in part. For what wi's done, however, Pius deserved thanks and praise. After the suppression of the order of Jesuits, many who had belonged to the fraternity found protection in the dominions of the Prussian monarch, who intimated to the new pope, that he would not pay the least regard to the edict. His holiness replied, that he was bound to enforce the bull promulgated by his predecessor; but he at the fame time declared, according to Frederic's agent Ciofani, that he would not treat the body of ex-Jesuits, then residing in the territories of that prince, as an irregular establishment. At the instigation, however, of the ministers of France and Spain, he afterwards required that the habit of the dissolved order should no longer be worn in the territories of Frederic, and that none of the ex-Jesuits mould either preach, or administer the euch arist or other sacraments. The mon...
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