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Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500 (European Reading Room, Library of Congress)
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Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500 (European Reading Room, Library of Congress)
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12.12.1519 AD. Croatia was declared Antemurale Christianitatis(Bulwark of Christianity) by Pope Leo X in a letter to Ban Berislavić. The only country to receive this title from a pope, and multiple times. :
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Pope Leo X. Born in 1475, elected pope in 1513, died in 1521. In 1520 he issued the ban against Martin Luther. After a painting by Titian, Tizian 1923 Stock Photo - Alamy
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