![After Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were Satan's minions in the 13th century, medieval Christians erupted in a frenzy of cat-burning spectacles that lasted up until the 1800s. : r/Weird After Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were Satan's minions in the 13th century, medieval Christians erupted in a frenzy of cat-burning spectacles that lasted up until the 1800s. : r/Weird](https://preview.redd.it/cwny1s01nfl91.jpg?auto=webp&s=b6208292ef12076f25674ae1cd36a399d1d44d07)
After Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were Satan's minions in the 13th century, medieval Christians erupted in a frenzy of cat-burning spectacles that lasted up until the 1800s. : r/Weird
![Prelates and aristocrats, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-B7004454 | agefotostock Prelates and aristocrats, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-B7004454 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/cd9352e2ae0c8777be28a906eec3afd1/dae-b7004454.jpg)
Prelates and aristocrats, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-B7004454 | agefotostock
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Clergyman, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-B7004438 | agefotostock
![Pope Gregory IX (Anagni, ca 1170-Rome, 1241), miniature from a manuscript, 14th century, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-11312471 | agefotostock Pope Gregory IX (Anagni, ca 1170-Rome, 1241), miniature from a manuscript, 14th century, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-11312471 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/2cd71f432df6cea7ff697407f6677fdb/dae-11312471.jpg)
Pope Gregory IX (Anagni, ca 1170-Rome, 1241), miniature from a manuscript, 14th century, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. DAE-11312471 | agefotostock
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Ordo Franciscan Secular INFO - Pope Gregory IX (Latin: Gregorius IX; c. 1145/70 – 22 August 1241), born Ugolino di Conti, was the head of the Catholic Church from 19 March 1227
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August 22 – The pope who preached a Crusade against the German Emperor Frederick II - Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites
Historical fact of the day - Pope Gregory IX declared the demonization of the black cats. He believed that black cats was the recarnation of Satan and ordered to kill all cats.
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Sacro Monte di Orta - The Canonization of Saint Francis by Pope Gregory IX ~ Liturgical Arts Journal
![The Delivery of the Decretals To Pope Gregory IX, Room of the Signature,the Raphael Rooms, Vatican Museums Editorial Photo - Image of catholic, history: 186754191 The Delivery of the Decretals To Pope Gregory IX, Room of the Signature,the Raphael Rooms, Vatican Museums Editorial Photo - Image of catholic, history: 186754191](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/delivery-decretals-to-pope-gregory-ix-room-signature-raphael-rooms-vatican-museums-oct-italy-186754191.jpg)
The Delivery of the Decretals To Pope Gregory IX, Room of the Signature,the Raphael Rooms, Vatican Museums Editorial Photo - Image of catholic, history: 186754191
![Pope Gregory IX; Gregory nonus; Liber chronicarum. Presentation in two parts. A flower celk with a pope. He is wearing a tiara and has a staff with double cross in his hands. Pope Gregory IX; Gregory nonus; Liber chronicarum. Presentation in two parts. A flower celk with a pope. He is wearing a tiara and has a staff with double cross in his hands.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G42JMC/pope-gregory-ix-gregory-nonus-liber-chronicarum-presentation-in-two-parts-a-flower-celk-with-a-pope-he-is-wearing-a-tiara-and-has-a-staff-with-double-cross-in-his-hands-the-show-is-part-of-the-sequence-pops-in-the-liber-chronicarum-the-text-identifies-the-man-as-gregory-ix-the-print-is-part-of-an-album-2G42JMC.jpg)