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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Peter's Pence
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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An annual tribute of a silver penny per household in England to support the chair of St. Peter at Rome, and which continued more or less to be levied from the end of the 8th century till the days of Elizabeth, when it ceased. The payment has been revived since 1848 in Britain, France, and Belgium in compensation to the Pope for loss of his territorial possessions.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Peter's Pence'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/peters-pence.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Peter's Pence'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/peters-pence.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
