Thursday, June 26, 2008

Clue A4

Clue A4 (codeword: Colouring)

Flavor Text: You can see a Korean BBQ restaurant directly opposite this tree. Countries have worked hard for this movement of cultures and cuisine across borders. So the next time you tuck in to food from another country, appreciate the diplomatic work that had gone on behind the scenes to bring this to you. Please move on to your next clue.

  • He put forward some of the strongest claims to temporal, as well as spiritual, supremacy of any Pope and constantly involved himself with foreign affairs.
  • He was Pope from 1503 to 1513. His reign was marked by an aggressive foreign policy, ambitious building projects, and patronage for the arts.
  • He made extensive contributions to mariology (theological teaching and devotions) during his pontificate. He attempted to present the Marian teachings of the Church in view of her new ecumenical orientation.
  • He was the last Pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions. He was also involved in a controversy with Galileo and his theory on heliocentrism during his time.
  • He reigned for 13 calendar days, died before consecration. Shortest reigning Pope.
  • He reigned for 31 years, 7 months and 23 days. Possibly the longest-reigning pope
  • He became Pope at only twenty-four years of age and was the first German Pope.
  • He sought to assert and extend the prestige and plenitudo potestatis (absolute power) of the papacy throughout his entire career. He also decreed the Fourth Crusade of 1198

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