Word: calixtus
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Eminence will probably not live to finish what is one of the most comprehensive biblical researches ever attempted. Twenty years ago he was a Benedictine Abbot and a recognized authority upon the medieval Church in England. Upon his appointment he set to work in the Palace of St. Calixtus, which Pius V the last sainted Pope, gave to the Benedictine order in 1566. In 1914, Pius X spoke of him to potent Cardinal Merry del Val, then the Papal Secretary of State: "Abbot Gasquet is really the right man in the right place, and we must show him our appreciation...
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