pope's legate
1Pope Bl. Urban II — Pope Bl. Urban II † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Bl. Urban II (Otho, Otto or Odo of Lagery), 1088 1099, born of a knightly family, at Châtillon sur Marne in the province of Champagne, about 1042; died 29 July, 1099. Under St. Bruno… …
2legate — n. 1. Envoy, deputy, delegate. See ambassador. 2. Papal ambassador, pope s legate, cardinal legate …
3Legate — • In its broad signification, means that person who is sent by another for some representative office. In the ecclesiastical sense it means one whom the pope sends to sovereigns or governments or only to the members of the episcopate and faithful …
4Pope Boniface VIII — Pope Boniface VIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Boniface VIII (BENEDETTO GAETANO) Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He was the son of Loffred, a descendant of a noble family originally Spanish, but long… …
5Pope Innocent III — Pope Innocent III † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent III (Lotario de Conti) One of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages, son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Clement III, born 1160 or 1161 at Anagni, and died 16… …
6Pope Gregory IX — Pope Gregory IX † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Gregory IX (UGOLINO, Count of Segni). Born about 1145, at Anagni in the Campagna; died 22 August, 1241, at Rome. He received his education at the Universities of Paris and Bologna.… …
7Pope Honorius III — Pope Honorius III † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius III (Cencio Savelli) Born at Rome, date of birth unknown; died at Rome, 18 March, 1227. For a time he was canon at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, then he became papal… …
8Pope Honorius II — Pope Honorius II † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Honorius II (Lamberto Scannabecchi) Born of humble parents at Fagnano near Imola at an unknown date; died at Rome, 14 February, 1130. For a time he was Archdeacon of Bologna. On… …
9Pope Callistus II — Pope Callistus II † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Callistus II Date of birth unknown; died 13 December, 1124. His reign, beginning 1 February, 1119, is signalized by the termination of the Investiture controversy which, begun in the… …
10Pope St. Gregory VII — Pope St. Gregory VII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Gregory VII (HILDEBRAND). One of the greatest of the Roman pontiffs and one of the most remarkable men of all times; born between the years 1020 and 1025, at Soana, or… …
