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A complete history of the popes of Rome, from Saint Peter, the first Bishop to Pius the Ninth, the present Pope : including the history of saints, martyrs, fathers of the church, religious orders, cardinals, inquisitions, schisms and the great reformers

Title
A complete history of the popes of Rome, from Saint Peter, the first Bishop to Pius the Ninth, the present Pope : including the history of saints, martyrs, fathers of the church, religious orders, cardinals, inquisitions, schisms and the great reformers / translated from the French of Louis Marie de Cormenin.
Author
Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye, vicomte de, 1788-1868
Publication
Philadelphia : Published by James L. Gihon, No. 409 Chestnut Street, 1857, ©1850.

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Description
2 volumes in 1 (478, 432 pages) : illustrations, frontis.; 24 cm
Summary
Work contains history of popes from Saint Peter, the first Bishop of Rome to Pius IX, who was elected in 1846 "[while the preceding work was passing through the press, intelligence was received of the death of Gregory XVI ...]" vol. 2, p. 432. "This work opens to our view a clear exposition of the public history and private practices of the men, who, from the position of simple pastors of a singe church, advanced their authority, step by step, until they became not only the ecclesiastical, but in fact the temporal lords of Christendom"--Translator's Preface, p.[3].
Uniform Title
Public and private history of the popes of Rome : from the earliest period to the present time ...
Alternative Title
History of the popes of Rome
Subject
  • Catholic Church > History
  • Catholic Church
  • Papacy > History
  • Saints
  • Martyrs
  • saints
  • martyrs
  • Papacy
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Two volume set bound together; vol. 2 has separate t.p. and new pagination.
  • Includes engraved frontispiece in each vol.: "Charles IX sends the head of Coligny to Gregory XIII", vol. 1 and "Pope Martin V at the Council of Basle", vol. 2.
  • Text printed in two columns.
  • Also known as "The public and private history of the popes of Rome : from the earliest period to the present time, including the history of saints, martyrs, fathers of the church, religious orders, cardinals, inquisitions, schisms, and the great reformers", published in Philadelphia: James M. Campbell, 1847, ©1846, 2 vol. in 1. The text and pagination are identical with the text of "A complete history of the popes of Rome, from Saint Peter ... ", Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1857, ©1850; differences -- color frontispiece and other full-page col. illustrations in "The public and private history ..." copy, and in black and white two engraved frontispiece in this "A complete history ..." copy.
OCLC
  • ocn652203013
  • 652203013
  • SCSB-905692
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library