Word: tenebroso
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rose in church politics, Father Joseph met the youthful Bishop of Luçon, Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, who was soon fondly calling his new friend "Tenebroso-Cavernoso"-the Dark and Deep One. When Richelieu became prime minister, he wrote that "next to God, Father Joseph had been the principal instrument of his present fortune." He begged His Grey Eminence to come to Paris and take the job he held until he died in 1638-"unofficial chief of staff for foreign affairs...
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