The history of Romanism- from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time - with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary. Illustrated by numerous (14756469536)

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Title: The history of Romanism: from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time : with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary. Illustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Dowling, John, 1807-1878
Subjects: Catholic Church
Publisher: New York : E. Walker
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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sequence of the pressure of the vastmultitude on a certain day, no less than ninety-seven pilgrims werethrown at once from the bridge of St. Angelo and drowned. Thisbridge is one of the favorite spots for viewing the vast and splendidfabric of St. Peters, especially on the night of the great festivals,when the dome is almost instantaneously illuminated, not by any in-genious mechanical contrivance, but by the vast number of handsemployed, each of whom, at a given signal, lights the lamp at whichhe is stationed, and thus converts, in a moment, the noble and statelydome, into a vast hemisphere of liquid light. Our artist has represented, in the adjoining engraving, the acci-dent at the bridge of St. Angelo, during the Jubilee of 1450, partlyas a memorial of that event, but chiefly on account of the finedistant view that is affjrded of the church of St. Peters, and of alarge portion of the city from that spot. (See Engraving.) We have preferred to represent St. Peters church as it is now
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-1_ Bpm**M ^ chap, v.) POPERY ON A TOTTERING THRONE—A.D. 1303-1545. 423 St. Peters. Taking of Constantinople. iEneas Sylvius chosen pope by the name of Pius II seen from the bridge of St. Angelo, rather than the old church ofConstantino, which then occupied the site of St. Peters ; r< mindingthe reader, at the same time, that the foundation s(one of the presentnoble ediiice, was not laid till a half a century later, viz. by popeJulius in the year 1506. Of course, it is impossible to representin a distantview the magnificent square of St. Peters, surroundedby its stately colonnade of near three hundred pillars, with theEgyptian obelisk in the centre, and the beaut.ml founta.n on eachside of the obelisk. This deficiency, however, has already beensupplied in the accurate engraving ot th.s architectural wonder ofthe world opposite page 178. While we cannot but lament over the unjustifiable means em-ployed to obtain funds for the erection of this magnificent structureby trafficking in