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    some 1,400 postal stations, which used 50,000 horses, 8,400 oxen, 6,700 mules, 4,000 carts, and 6,000 boats.[citation needed] In Manchuria and southern...
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    of equinophobia may also fear other hoofed animals such as donkeys and mules. An example of the phobia can be found in Freud's psychoanalytic study of...
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    his family's. He moved to Segovia (where the court was at the time) on a mule by early 1506, and, on the occasion of the wedding of King Ferdinand with...
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    he was elevated to Cardinal in June of the same year, and again on his papal coat of arms when he was elected in 2005. The scallop shell is a traditional...
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    The 1492 papal conclave (6–11 August) was convened after the death of Pope Innocent VIII (25 July 1492). It was the first papal conclave to be held in...
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    organised across the empire, and beasts of burden (including oxen, donkeys and mules), were released from their work duties and decorated with flowers. Such...
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  • fly into the devastated area. He was sent to Vatican City for the 2013 papal conclave, and was reporting live on the streets in New York during the Hurricane...
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    considerably more than four mule-loads of silver. Johann Burchard, the conclave's master of ceremonies and a leading figure of the papal household under several...
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    Orvieto (section Papal rule)
    Saladin's Well. These ramps were each designed for one-way traffic, so that mules laden with water-jars might pass down and then up unobstructed. An inscription...
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    to art writer James Elmes, "proved that his hogs were not churchmen, his mules pretending pedants, his asses Roman nobles, and his birds and beasts of...
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    his mule at Narni and had to recover in early October in Rome, where he was able to oust the communal rule of the banderesi and restore the papal authority...
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    army takes possession of 390,000 silver dinars, 2,000 camels and 1,400 mules. February 2 – King Otto I (the Great) is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope...
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    of York—the second most important role in the English church—and that of papal legate. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence...
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    son through the intervention of the Queen, when she, in 1323, mounted on a mule, positioned herself between both opposing armies on the field of Alvalade...
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    transport of all that silver from the mines in Bolivia and New Spain in a mule convoy called the Silver Train to a major Spanish port, usually on the Isthmus...
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    798, Alfonso sent Charlemagne trophies of his victory, including armour, mules and prisoners. After Leo III became pope in 795, he faced political opposition...
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    Prince Karol Radziwiłł entered Lviv preceded by a caravan of camels and pack mules. Such entries, both of magnates and kings, were grand celebrations, sometimes...
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    landmark places are: Mount Pasubio and Strada delle 52 Gallerie (a military mule road built during World War I with 52 tunnels) Altopiano di Asiago and Calà...
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    board of Catholics in Media Associates. In 2020, he was nominated for a papal knighthood, the Order of St. Gregory the Great. He was also named one of...
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    arriving on the property, often bringing with them their cows, horses, mules and sheep. Included were many Roman Jews, and other non-Catholics. During...
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    by how far a wagon could travel in a day. Carts were usually pulled by mules, travelling about 4 mph. Roman provinces traded among themselves, but trade...
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    moved in pieces 1,200 kilometers by train, then carried up the mountains by mule. The six-meter-high granite pedestal designed by Molina Civit was completed...
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    of nearby towns. The nickname of San Vito is "mulacchiuni" that is "big mules". The reason for the 'nciuria is due to Sanvitesi attitude to differences...
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  • prince spent the journey hooded, gagged, bound and mounted backwards on a mule. At Falkland Palace, David remained a prisoner and shortly died there, reputedly...
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  • becomes the first pope to resign in 717 years, Father Jim Martin details papal appointment, and Garry Wills talks priests. 1,152 TBA Roger Hodge Ted Nugent...
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  • army takes possession of 390,000 silver dinars, 2,000 camels and 1,400 mules. February 2 – King Otto I (the Great) is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope...
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    Montanyana. Another vassal of the count, Ramón de San Saturnino, stole twenty mules and asses from Sanç de Lirio. With his wife, Oria d'Entença, Arnau founded...
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    a half-starved mule and showed it fresh fodder. Saint Anthony showed the mule the monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament. The mule ignored the fodder...
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  • Causetta Giannini, Ugolino Fornaro, Captains Regent (1323) Ser Bonanni Notaio, Mule Acatolli di Piandavello, Captains Regent (1325) Ugucciolo da Valdragone,...
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  • Retrieved 10 November 2023. Grobar, Matt (8 March 2024). "Edward Berger's Papal Thriller 'Conclave' Starring Ralph Fiennes Sets U.S. Release Date With Focus"...
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