22 Feb 1546: Reginald Cardinal Pole appointed Papal Legate to the Council of #Trent for the 2nd time (Lambeth Palace)
18 Jan 1562: Pius V reopens the wildly long-running Council of #Trent for its final, and quite busy, last session #otd They squeezed in decrees on saints, relics & indulgences on the last day - 4 Dec 1563 #runningdowntheclock
This is the #Trent, one of the great #rivers of #England, reduced to an open #sewer through the avarice of #privatisation. Public services need to be in public ownership. #nationalise #severntrent and the greedy fuckers who have pocketed billions should be in jail
30 Apr: feast day of Pope St Pius V [d. 1 May 1572] - he excommunicated Elizabeth I in 1570, made Thomas Aquinas a Doctor of the Church, summoned last session of Council of #Trent
22 Feb 1546: Reginald Cardinal Pole appointed Papal Legate to the Council of #Trent for the 2nd time (Lambeth Palace)