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Baltimore, Lords.
I. George Calvert,
Born about 1580, at Kipling, Yorkshire, Eng.; was graduated at Oxford; travelled on the Continent; became secretary of Robert Cecil; married Anne Minne in 1604; was a clerk of the privy council; was knighted in 1617; became a secretary of state soon afterwards, and in 1620 was granted a pension of $5,000 a year.
When, in 1624, he publicly avowed himself a Roman Catholic, he resigned his office, but King James retained him in the privy council; and a few days before that monarch's death he was created Baron of Baltimore in the Irish peerage.
Calvert had already entered upon a colonizing scheme.
In 1620 he purchased a part of Newfoundland, and was invested with the privileges and honors of a count-palatine.
He called his new domain Avalon, and, after spending about $100,000 in building warehouses there, and a mansion for himself, he went thither in 1627.
He returned to England the following spring.
In the spring of 1629 he went again to
Cahenslyism,
A movement among Roman Catholic immigrants in the United States to secure separate ecclesiastical organization for each nationality or language, and in particular for Germans; named after Peter Paul Cahensly, Austro-Hungarian envoy to the Vatican, and a leader of the St. Raphael Society in Germany and Austria for promoting Roman Catholic interests among emigrants.
About 1884, eighty-two German priests in the United States petitioned the Pope for help in perpetuating their natiRoman Catholic interests among emigrants.
About 1884, eighty-two German priests in the United States petitioned the Pope for help in perpetuating their native tongue and usages in the diocese of St. Louis.
Mo., and in 1886 petitioned again that German Catholics be obliged to join German-speaking churches, and be forbidden attending those speaking English.
Receiving no open answer, they formed, in 1887, a society which sent representatives that year to the St. Raphael Society at Lucerne, Switzerland, and enlisted the cooperation of Herr Cahensly.
They also secured the co-operation of many German bishops and priests in the United States, and espe
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chapelle , Placide Louis 1842 - (search)
Chapelle, Placide Louis 1842-
Clergyman; born in Mende, France, Aug. 28, 1842.
He came to the United States in 1859; and was graduated at St. Mary's College, and ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1865.
For five years he was a missionary, and from 1870 to 1891 held pastorates in Baltimore and Washington.
He was made coadjutor archbishop of Santa Fe in 1891; archbishop in 1894; and archbishop of New Orleans in 1897.
The following years he was appointed by the Pope Apostolic Delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, and after a brief service in Cuba he went to the Philippines.
where in 1901 he greatly aided the American authorities in establishing civil governments.
Charles I. 1600-
King of England; second son of James I.; was born at Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 19, 1600.
The death of his elder brother, Henry, in 1612, made him heir-apparent to the throne, which he ascended as King in 1625.
He sought the hand of the infanta of Spain, but finally married (1625) Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV.
of France.
She was a Roman Catholic, and had been procured for Charles by the infamous Duke of Buckingham, whose influence over the young King was disastrous to England and to the monarch himself.
Charles was naturally a good man, but his education, especially concerning the doctrine of the divine right of kings and the sanctity of the royal prerogative, led to an outbreak in England which cost him his life.
Civil war began in 1641, and ended with his execution at the beginning of 1649.
His reign was at first succeeded by the rule of the Long Parliament, and then by Cromwell—halfmonarch, called the Protector.
After various vicissitudes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Church , Roman Catholic (search)
Church, Roman Catholic
See Roman Catholic Church.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Davenant , Sir William , 1605 -1668 (search)