Gregory XVI
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Chocolate has early associations in the West with Spanish Catholic missionaries to America. From the middle of the 16th century, chocolate was employed in many useful ways, including economic. However, till now, there have been no... more
Pope Gregory XVI (Mauro Cappellari) (1831-1846) has the reputation of being the keenest theological mind among popes in the 19th century. As a result many have looked at his one published work, Il Trionfo della Santa Sede (1799), as an... more
Profilo biografico del cardinale Paolo Polidori (1778-1847)
The article reveals for the first time how Catholic clerics survived financially during the Napoleonic period in Italy (1796-1814). Despite the very rich, 200-year historiography on one of the Church’s most critical periods, there is... more
‘Gender and sainthood during the pontificate of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846): how men and women were assessed differently.' Department of History, La Sapienza (University of Rome), 15 March 2017. 'Protestants, Jews, and Muslims. The... more