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The three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, who saw the vision of Fatima in Portugal. Our lady of Fatima, saint, Christianity.
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Also Known As Hadrian I
Born Rome • Italy
Died December 25, 795
Title / Office pope (772-795)
Role In Second Council of Nicaea
Leo III, detail from a mosaic, 8th century; on the exterior of the church of S. Giovanni Laterano, Rome
Saint Leo III
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Pope Gregory VII, after his expulsion from Rome, laying a ban of excommunication on the clergy “together with the raging king” (Henry IV of Germany), drawing from the 12th-century chronicle of Otto of Freising; in the library of the University of Jena, Germany.
St. Gregory VII
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St. Gregory the Great
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Innocent III
Innocent III
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Pope Pius IX
Pius IX
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Pius XII
Pius XII
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Paul III
Paul III
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Boniface VIII
Boniface VIII
pope
Leo X
Leo X
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Medallion depicting Pope Julius II
Julius II
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Pope Leo XIII
Leo XIII
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Pope Innocent IV
Innocent IV
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Alexander III
Alexander III
pope
Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
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Pius XI
Pius XI
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Clement VII
Clement VII
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Pope Sixtus IV
Sixtus IV
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Paul IV
Paul IV
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Urban VIII
Urban VIII
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Pius X
St. Pius X
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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday
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