The legati a latere are cardinals set by the Pope on extraordinary missions or as temporary representatives. ↩
The Archbishop Rupprecht von der Pfalz (1463–80) was forcibly pressing his rights as temporal lord, an action which gave rise to considerable violence and much fighting throughout the territory. ↩
The Devotion itself was revealed by Our Lady to S. Dominic. Although perhaps no actual Confraternities had been granted indulgences before 1475–6, yet there were Dominican Guilds and Fraternities which fostered this Crown of Prayers. ↩
In 1486 a priest in London writes to his patron in Yorkshire: “I send a paper of the Rosary of Our Lady of Coleyn, and I have registered your name with both my Ladis names, as the paper expresses, and ye be acopled as brethren and sisters.” Plumpton Correspondence (Camden Society, p. 50). ↩
Later authorities say Zwolle in Holland. ↩
Michel François de l’Isle, O.P., Bishop of Selymria, born circa 1435; died 2 June, 1502. In 1488 this famous theologian was Regent of Studies at Cologne. An ample biography may be found in Quétif-Echard, Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum, Paris, 1719,sub anno1502, Vol. II, pp. 7–9. Selymbria, or Selybria, is a titular see in Thracia Prima, suffragan of Heraclea. ↩
He was the socius of Francis Silvester, O.P., of Ferrara, a celebrated theologian, who was born circa 1474, and died at Rennes, 19 September, 1526. ↩
Lusitanus, born near Braga in Portugal; died at Naples, 2 January, 1585. The praise of Sprenger may be found in his Bibliotheca Ordinis Praedicatorum. He is called “of Siena” because of his great devotion to S. Catherine of Siena. ↩
Theologian and papal envoy. Born at Mantua in 1533 or 1534; died at Ferrara, 26 February, 1611. His many writings include Moscovia, Vilna, 1586, an important work on Russian history; Del Sacrificio della Messa, Lyons, 1563; Apparatus sacer ad Scripturam Ueteris et Noui Testamenti, Venice, 1603–6; Il soldato cristiano, Rome, 1569; and a Bibliotheca Selecta, Rome, 1593. ↩
Aubert Le Mire, ecclesiastical historian, born at Brussels, 30 November, 1573; died at Antwerp, 19 October, 1640. He was a canon of Antwerp Cathedral, and in 1624 he became Dean of the chapter and Vicar-general of the diocese. He has left thirty-nine vast works on profane, ecclesiastical, and monastic history. See De Riddler’s Aubert Le Mire, sa vie, sas écrits, mémoire historique et critique, Paris, 1865. ↩
Louis-Ellies Dupin, born 17 June, 1657; died 6 June, 1719. He wrote at great length upon the Fathers, many of whose works he edited with commentaries. Some of his statements involved him in disputes with Dom. Petit-Didier and later with Bossuet. Dupin is an extremely prolific author, but several of his propsitions were regarded as suspect in orthodoxy. ↩
In 1457 Pope Nicholas V, upon the death of Domenico Michel, Patriarch of Grado, suppressed the Patriarchate and the Bishopric of Castello, incorporating them both by the terms of the Bull “Regis aeterni” in the new Patriarchate of Venice, and thus Venice succeeded to the whole metropolitan jurisdiction of Grado, including the sees of Dalmatia. ↩
Jacopo Zeno, nephew and biographer of the famous Venetian admiral, Carlo Zeno. ↩
It is remarkable that at the very moment similar controversies are raised about the Blessed Sacrament. The words “Real Presence” are freely bandied. This is a popular phrase, since it may mean anything or nothing. It is far better to save all ambiguity, and to say, “The Blessed Sacrament is God.” One writer, professing himself a Christian, declares that it is at least doubtful whether Our Lord instituted The Holy Sacrifice of the Altar. This, of course, is tantamount to a denial of Christ. ↩
It must suffice to mention only a few of the many Saints who have seen Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. S. Veronica of Binasco, the Augustinian, saw Him there with her bodily eyes, whilst the Host was environed by adoring Angels. Vaulem the Cistercian saw in the Host the Infant Jesus, Who held a crown of gold adorned with precious stones. When Peter of Toulouse was holding the Host over the chalice at Mass the Bambino of marvellous beauty appeared between his fingers. The same thing happened every morning for two or three months. Similarly Our Lord was seen by S. Angela of Foligno; S. Hugh of Cluny; S. Lydwine; S. Ignatius; S. Joseph of Cupertino; Domenica of Paradise; Teresa de la Cerda, O.S.D., who saw the Infant Jesus lying on the corporal; and very many more. S. Catharine of Siena saw Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament under different forms, and at the fraction of the Host she saw how He remained entired in each part. Mary of Oignies at the elevation in Passion-Tide saw Our Lord upon the Cross; at Christmas
