Difference between revisions of "The High Priestess"

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<blockquote>Their leader, Guglielma of Bohemia, had died in Milan in 1281. The most enthusiastic of her followers believed that she was the incarnation of the Holy Spirit, sent to inaugurate the [[New Age|new age]] of the Spirit prophesied by Joachim of Flora. They believed that Guglielma would return to earth on the Feast of Pentecost in the year 1300, and that the male dominated Papacy would then pass away, yielding to a line of female Popes.
<blockquote>Their leader, Guglielma of Bohemia, had died in Milan in 1281. The most enthusiastic of her followers believed that she was the incarnation of the Holy Spirit, sent to inaugurate the [[New Age|new age]] of the Spirit prophesied by Joachim of Flora. They believed that Guglielma would return to earth on the Feast of Pentecost in the year 1300, and that the male dominated Papacy would then pass away, yielding to a line of female Popes.
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In preparation for this event they elected Sister Manfreda the first of the Popesses, and several wealthy families of Lombardy provided at great cost the sacred vessels they expected her to use when she said Mass in Rome at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Naturally, the [[Inquisition]] exterminated this new sect, and the "Popess" was burned at the stake in the autumn of 1300. Later the [[Inquisition]] proceeded against Matteo Visconti, the first Duke of Milan [sic], for his very slight connections with the sect.</blockquote>
In preparation for this event they elected Sister Manfreda the first of the Popesses, and several wealthy families of Lombardy provided at great cost the sacred vessels they expected her to use when she said Mass in Rome at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Naturally, the [[Inquisition]] exterminated this new sect, and the "Popess" was [[death by burning|burned at the stake]] in the autumn of 1300. Later the [[Inquisition]] proceeded against Matteo Visconti, the first Duke of Milan [sic], for his very slight connections with the sect.</blockquote>


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