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
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