On Sun, 24 May 1998, CA. Muessig wrote:
> Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 17:45:30 +0100 (BST)
> From: "CA. Muessig" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: FEAST 19 May
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> Today, 19 May, is the feast of ...
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>
> Celestine V, pope (1296) - Butler writes: *In all papal
> history no figure is more pathetic than that of Peter of
> Morrone, the aged hermit who, after a pontificate of five
> short months, voluntarily abdicated, and died virtually a
> prisoner in the hands of his successor.* Do you agree with
> Butler's assessment of Celestine?
>
An alternative approach is that of the statue in the cathedral in Isernia
- a modern piece - which shows Celestine bursting through prison bars. I
suspect that the sculptor thought C. broke out of a role in which he was
trapped.
tom izbicki
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