Word: capitular
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...while a prisoner of war in Genoa, Marco Polo dictated The Description of the World, his account of "the diversities of kingdoms, provinces, and regions of all parts of the East." A copy annotated by Christopher Columbus is in the Biblioteca Capitular Colombina in Seville...
Rome believed reports that the Communists used Beran's absence from his duties as an excuse for election of a new diocesan administrator. The Reds packed the chapter with docile priests and Stehlik was elected capitular Vicar of Prague. Presiding at the election was Bishop Antonin Eltschkner, auxiliary to Beran. A year ago, Eltschkner was the first bishop to swear loyalty to the Prague regime. Although the Vatican did not forbid such oaths, the fact was that Eltschkner gave the Communists a tremendous boost...
There was, however, a "provisional, semiofficial" Vatican representative in Salamanca-Isidoro Cardinal Goma y Tomas. Last week he ordered circulated to every Catholic bishop in the world an extensive letter, 10,000 words long, signed by himself, one other cardinal, six archbishops, 35 bishops, and five vicars capitular which did more than any ambassadorial recognition to show how far down the line the Vatican is willing to go with Franco's cause...
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