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For the feast to celebrate the election of pope Innocent VI; 9900 guest were provided with 6900 goblets , 3000 glasses, 1500 pears , 6000 apples, 300 pounds of Jam, 17 quintels of cheese, 1400 pates, 7800eggs, 1560 rabbits, 2000 loaves of white bread, 52588 loaves of other bread, 100 river birds and quantities of fish
By contrast 10,000 guests attended the coronation of Philip VI of France
— Apr 28, 2024 01:43AM
By contrast 10,000 guests attended the coronation of Philip VI of France
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1410, eventually in the absence of Benedict XIII the townspeople of Avignon declare their support for Pope Alexander V, who is pope in Pisa. Unfortunately for them he was also dead, but news hadn't reached Avignon- a kind of schrodinger's Pope situation. He might be alive or he might be dead, but no one would known until the fateful letter was unsealed.
— May 03, 2024 05:10AM
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during the night of 11th of march 1403, Benedict XIII made his escape from Avignon. out from the palace, a gate was opened before dawn and the pope and his companions slipped into a waiting boat and set off down the Rhone.Down river they met up with a party of horsemen and a cardinal before stopping at Chateaurenard near Arles
— May 03, 2024 04:55AM
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1398 The French seriously try to capture the papal palace digging mines, but the defender's dig countermines.
I am surprised to read this, the damage must have been well repaired.
— May 01, 2024 09:43AM
I am surprised to read this, the damage must have been well repaired.
Jan-Maat
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Five cardinals remain with Benedict XIII. the rest slope off and submit to King Charles VI of France.
— May 01, 2024 09:17AM
Jan-Maat
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Five cardinals remain with Benedict XIII. the rest slope off and submit to King Charles VI of France.
— May 01, 2024 09:17AM
Jan-Maat
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Five cardinals remain with Benedict XIII. the rest slope off and submit to King Charles VI of France.
— May 01, 2024 09:17AM
Jan-Maat
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1397. The King of France withdrew support from Benedict XIII in Avignon. And tried to pressure him to abandon the palace (which is impressively fortress like (ein festes burg ist unser schloss as Luther did not sing ) Benedict withdraws inside and will not come out for five years.
— May 01, 2024 09:13AM
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Cardinals in Avignon elect cardinal Pierre de Luna, a professor of Canon law at Montpellier. He had to be consecrated as a priest a few days after his election and eight days later celebrated his first Mass on the 11th October 1394.
— May 01, 2024 09:08AM
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Clement VII died in 1394 at the age of 52, he outlived his rival Urban VI but as a successor was elected the schism continued.
— Apr 29, 2024 12:31PM
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The cardinals mysterious abandon Urban VI in Rome and elect another pope in Avignon: clement VII
— Apr 29, 2024 12:27PM
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P.E. wrote: "Zounds!"I know...so few eggs.
with all that jam and bread it sounds more like a children's picnic than a papal feast
I am interested in the "other bread" and guessing that there were no "hosts"
HBalikov wrote: "I am interested in the "other bread" and guessing that there were no "hosts""less white bread I think,
no hosts! heh, heh.
well who knows, was having mass part of a papal feast - a special treat for the guests?
