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Lives of the English Martyrs, Vol. 2 of 2: Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886 and 1895 (Classic Reprint)
Lives of the English Martyrs Vol 2 of 2 Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and 1895 - Classic Reprint Author:John Morris 1. THE BLESSED JOHN FELTON. London, St. P,wt's Clwrclzyard, S A lIf.;llst, 1570. DlrrU~G the latter part of 1569 formal proceedings I,.'erc carried on at Rome against Elizabeth. She had undoubtedly deserved the censures of the lIoly See by her tyranny and persecution, and above all because she had forced her realm into heresy and had rcfused all... more » communication with the Supreme Pastor. Evidence was given against her by Coldwell, Bishop of St. lsaph, ,1 aurice Clenock, Bishop-Elect of Bangor, Dr.: icholas ~Iorton, pre~ bendary of York, and a nUII1 vcr of ot her ecclesiastics, and at length sentence of excommunication and deposition 'as pronounced against her by the holy Pontiff St. Pius V., and published in a Bull dated the 25th of February, 1569-70. Elizabeth and her ministers affected indifference to the Pope's sentencc. There is, hoVcn~r, quite sufficient evidence that 'hrltcver she may have thought of its spiritnal effects, she was by no mean
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