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Identifier: historyofallnati08wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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eat mosaic constructed,and placed in the dining-hall of the Lateran palace, in order toglorify the new alliance between the temporal and spiritual powers.In the centre was represented the Saviour as he sent his apostlesinto all the world to i)roclaim the gospel. On the left he was depictedseated on the throne in the act of delivering to Pope Silvester thekeys, and to the Emperor Constantine the standard. On the rightwas St. Peter handing to Leo TIL the papal stole, and to KingCharlemagne the standard (Fig. 5). The original mosaic was de-stroyed under Clement XII. (1730-40) ; but an imitation of it,which has been restored from old drawings, still exists in theTribune erected by Benedict XIV. (1740-58), which is near theScala Santa in Rome. (harlemagne was therefore placed beside(Konstantine the (ireat; the temporal power was put on an equalitywith the spiritual, and, like the latter, was ascribed to a directinterposition of God. Vui,. VI11.—5 66 THE RESTORATION OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE.
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Fui. 5. ^ Mosaic from the triclinium of Pope Leo III. in the Lateran, Korne. Itrepresents St. Peter giving a stole to the pope, and a banner to Charlemagne. rOPE LEOS HUMILIATION. 07 The crisis which Leo II. (Fig. 0) had apprehended whenhe entered into these new relations with the Prankish monarchyreally came, and proved more disastrous and humiliating for himthan he could have expected. The instigators and ringleadersin it were men who had gained influence as relatives of the pope,or in some other fashion, and had been prominent under Adrian I.Yet political hatreds as well as personal motives may have helpedto produce it, in so far as the subjection of the Eternal City tothe king of the Franks created dissatisfaction in those very circleswliich had previously held control there. On April 25, 799, whenLeo IIL was returning in solenui procession to the Lateran,after celebrating high mass in the church of St. Laurence inLucina, he was attacked by the rioters, who were headed byPaschal,

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