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Fanciful 16th-century fresco in the Sala Regia, by Giorgio Vasari, depicting Pope Gregory IX excommunicating Frederick II. Since few details were prov
Fanciful 16th-century fresco in the Sala Regia, by Giorgio Vasari, depicting Pope Gregory IX excommunicating Frederick II. Since few details were provided to the artist, Vasari chose to paint an excommunication scene generically. In the traditional excommunication procedure, the pope and his priests would hurl burning candles on the ground and stamp them out. The painter however here chose to show the pope personally stepping on the emperor.
Plaque on exterior of the Chiesa della Pietà in Venice, the church of the orphanage. This is where the foundling wheel once stood. The inscription dec
Plaque on exterior of the Chiesa della Pietà in Venice, the church of the orphanage. This is where the foundling wheel once stood. The inscription declares, citing a 12 November 1548 papal bull of Pope Paul III, that God inflicts "maledictions and excommunications" on all who abandon a child of theirs whom they have the means to rear, and that they cannot be absolved unless they first refund all expenses incurred.
Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X in 1521.
Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X in 1521.
Threat of excommunication for stealing books from the Salamanca University library
Threat of excommunication for stealing books from the Salamanca University library
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The front door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany, where Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on 31st October 1517, sparking the Refo
The front door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany, where Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on 31st October 1517, sparking the Reformation
A 6th-century Nestorian church, St. John the Arab, in the Assyrian village of Geramon
A 6th-century Nestorian church, St. John the Arab, in the Assyrian village of Geramon