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On Mon, 19 May 1997, CA. Muessig wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 22:26:58 +0100 (BST) > From: CA. Muessig <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Feast 19 May > > Today, 19 May, is the feast of ... > > 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? > This is much like Dante's negative assessment. A more positive assessment is represented by a monument in the cathedral in Isernia (Celestine's home area) of Celestine breaking out of an imprisoning role. tom izbicki %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%