Papacy And Freemasonry Speech by Monseigneur Jouin (December 8, 1930)

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Papacy and Freemasonry

Speech by Monseigneur Jouin,

December 8, 1930


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Papacy and Freemasonry, those are the two powers active throughout the world and

each is seeking to dominate it. The solution of the struggle taking place between them

is, at the present moment of the utmost importance; for we are face to face not only with

the crossroads of history but also with a radical transformation of humanity itself. Either

Romam atholicism will lift us up again to the level of hristian civili!ation or else

"udeo#$asonry will drag us down the path of barbarism and decadent paganism. The

whole world oscillates between the two% hristianism and Paganism. &n 'ecember (th,)(*+, Pope eo - wrote to the talian Episcopal /ierarchy% 0t is necessary to fight

Freemasonry with those weapons of divine faith which in past ages van1uished

paganism.0

$oreover the Papacy and "udeo#$asonry are both so fully conscious of the

diametrically opposed parts that they are playing that they assume that from it must

issue the political, economic, intellectual and religious future of individuals as well as of

nations. t is a fact and the better proof of it is their irreducible antagonism toward each

other.

2hat is, indeed, "udeo#$asonry today if not the concentration and mobili!ation of all

evil forces3 This 4ect with its threefold claim of being ounter#hurch 5against thehurch6, ounter#4tate 5against the 4tate6 and ounter#$orality 5against traditional

morality6 takes pride in being above all and for all times the enemy of the atholic

hurch; one of its rallying calls is that of Tigrotto, one of the 7lta 8endita chiefs who,

in )(++, proclaimed% 0atholicism must be destroyed throughout the whole world.0

2ith Tigrotto also the anti#atholic plan is e9pressed thus% 0et us conspire only against

Rome.0 s this not e9pressed in an identical manner in the :erman 0Los Von Rom0 or in

the English% 0o Popery30

$onseigneur :ay, having been assigned by the ouncil of the 8atican the duty of

writing 07 $emorandum on 4ecret 4ocieties,0 gave the following striking definition of

Freemasonry% 0t is evident that in a general way, this doctrine of Freemasonry is notonly a heresy, nor even the totality of all heresies, which find in it a haven; it is a fact

that $asonry goes beyond the limits of what constitutes what is generally ascribed to

the word 6, whose emanations darken the light of

the sun and poison the air. t is this accursed 4ect whose perversion was stigmati!ed by

Pope Pius - when he named it% 0The 4ynagogue of 4atan.0 'ue to its enormous

e9tension and its nowadays very visible collusion with nternational "ewish Finance,

Freemasonry has indeed become the 04ynagogue of 4atan.0 7s such it provided funds

for the Russian revolution, installed in $oscow; it carried ommunism from East to

2est, took up the leadership of 4tates of their governments, their various administration

departments or ministries, and of their parliaments and, in conse1uence, it is such a

world power that for any discerning mind, it seems as though, today, there are on earth

only two great powers, vi!.% "udeo#$asonry in the service of 2orld "ewry and the

hurch in the hands of Peter. )(*+ and in memorandum of the

4upreme ouncil o. (@, page A(. 62ith such a rallying definite line of action, one can positively affirm that "udeo#

$asonry is the uni1ue enemy of the hurch. t can be detected in all anti#atholic


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attacks against clergy or laity led either by Freemasons or by even atholics whose faith

has decreased due to either fear, passion or self#interest.

n his encyclical 0/umanum :enus0 Pope eo - wrote% 0There e9ists in the world a

certain number of sects which although seemingly different one from another as to

name, ritual, form and origin are, however, similar due to the analogy of their aim and

chief principles. ndeed, they are identical to Freemasonry which is, for them all, the

central point from which they proceed and toward which they converge.0 Further, in his

letter to the talian people dated 'ecember (, )(*+, Pope eo - writes% 0et us

remember that hristianity and Freemasonry are essentially incompatible, to such an

e9tent, that to become united with one means being divorced from the other. et us,

therefore, e9pose Freemasonry as the enemy of :od, of the hurch and of our

$otherland 0

7t the present moment 5)*>B6 it is a fact that 4t. 7ugustine( has constantly renewed the appeal for

the defense of the hurch against /er mortal enemy ## even though in many instances

the appeal was useless. 4urrounded by :hettos and $asonic odges, in the course of a

fight which has become universal, Popes have reiterated their appeal for defense and

have clearly shown the place and the duty of atholics ## all too fre1uently the place has

been left deserted and the duty has been betrayed in a shameful manner. /owever, even

if in our day we are witnessing the terrific confirmation of these truths, it is necessary to

remember that they were proclaimed by several Popes.

Pope lement - )C>B#)CAB

Founded in )C)C, modern speculative $asonry took on its actual form following the

publication by 7nderson, a clergyman, of the 0onstitutions0 in )C+>. Fifteen years

later, on 7pril +(, )C>(, Pope lement - in his Pontifical onstitution 0In Eminenti0

condemned Freemasonry as being ounter#hurch and ounter#4tate. t was the

Pontifical reply. Failure to heed it, whether partial or general, by the hurch and the

4tate of those days, seems to us as the primordial cause of all our political and religious

present day turmoil.

Thus said Pope lement -%

0et us meditate upon the serious evils which are usually the result of those kinds of4ocieties or centers, not only concerning the peace of temporal 4tates, but still more as

regards the salvation of souls. Those 4ocieties are not in agreement with the civil and


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economic laws of the 4tates.0

0n order to close the widely open road to ini1uities which might be committed with

impunity and also for other reasons, =ust and reasonable, that have come to our

knowledge . . . 2e have resolved and decreed to condemn and forbid such 4ocieties,

assemblies, reunions, conventions, aggregations or meetings called either Freemasonic

or known under some other denomination. 2e condemn and forbid them by this, our

present constitution, which is to be considered valid for ever.0

/owever, not only is the condemnation by Pope lement - e9tended to $asonic

4ects, but it applies also to all the laymen who, although they are not members of

4ocieties called Freemasonic, favor them, in any manner, thus% 02e command to the

faithful to abstain from intercourse with those societies . . . in order to avoid

e9communication, which will be the penalty imposed upon all those contravening to

this, our order. one, e9cept at the point of death, could be absolved of this son e9cept

by us or the then e9isting Roman Pontiff.0

The onstitution 0In Eminenti0 was e9tended throughout all the Papal 4tates by

ardinal Ferrao


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an association . . . an institution . . . so it is said . . . but it is not that at all. et us lift up

all the veils, risking even to evoke numberless protestations. Freemasonry is a church% t

is the ounter#hurch, ounter#atholicism% t is the other church ## the church of

heresy, of Freethought; The atholic hurch is considered as the arch#type church, the

first church, church of dogmatism and of orthodo9y.0

Pope lement - )C@(#)CD*

wish to add that during the )(th century Pope lement - condemned highly placed

$asons in an ordinance of "anuary, )C@*, against the work of /elvetius and this Pope

published on 4ept. >rd, )C@*, his constitution 0Ut Primum0 directed against the

0Encyclopedie0 of 'iderot and d


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7lasG Those 04ects of Perdition0 at the hour of the Revolution dragged along too many

members of the regular and secular lergy whose names appear on the lists of $asonic

lodges% 0Corruptio optimi pessima.0 2hat of the situation today3

Pope Pius 8 )(BB#)(+>

et us now enter into the )*th century. The wars of the French Revolution and of the

Empire spread and favored the creation of $asonic lodges 5mostly $ilitary lodges 6 andthe rapid European e9pansion of $asonic subversive ideas.

Pope Pius 8 became one of its glorious victims. t was therefore, in full knowledge of

the sub=ect, that on 4eptember, )(+), in his Encyclical 0Ecclesiam a &esuCristo the

Pope applied to the arbonari the following te9t% 0They come under the guise of sheep

although they are, in truth, none but ravening wolves.0 Thus, the Pope reiterated against

the Freemasons the condemnations pronounced by lement - and ?enedict -8

because they propagandi!e 0religious indifference which is, of all, the most pernicious0;

They also grant to everyone full liberty to inaugurate for himself his own religion

according to his ideas and inclinations; to also profane and sully &ur 4avior


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et us note that Pope eo - was afraid of the masonic penetration in public school

teaching and seemed to foresee the devastation that the 0&ne 4chool0 would rapidly

inflict upon both the hurch and society at large.

eo -, in summing up the harm caused by clandestine sects, so evident in works

written by their members, wrote%

0They have dared publish works on Religion and 7ffairs of 4tate, they have e9posedtheir contempt for authority, their hatred of 4overeignty, their attacks against the

'ivinity of "esus hrist and the very e9istence of :od% They openly vaunt their

materialism as well as their codes and statutes which e9plain their plans and efforts in

order to overthrow the legitimate /eads of 4tate and completely destroy the hurch.

02hat is definitely ascertained is that those different sects, despite the diversity of their

names, are all united and linked by the similarity of their infamous plans.0

Thus speaking, Pope eo -, considered he was accomplishing his duty as 4upreme

Pontiff and he wrote further, this page, which thoroughly throws light on our actual

situation%

0et us use the words of our predecessor, Pope lement -, in his Encyclical etter of

4eptember )A, )C@(, addressed to all Patriarchs, Primates, 7rchbishops and ?ishops of

the atholic hurch, in which he said%

B

4uccessor of eo -, Pope Pius 8, in his Encyclical 0)raditi0, published at the time

of his advent on $ay +), )(+* renewed all the condemnations of his predecessors,repeating as showed above, that all $asonic 4ects are issued from the 02ell of

Perdition.0 t was under his short reign as Pontiff that a new odge of 07lta 8endita0

was discovered in Rome, having been formed in )(+( and headed by "oseph Picilli as

:rand $aster. Following eo -, Pius 8 most particularly mentions the 4ect called

0Unitsersitaire,0 saying%

0ts aim is to corrupt youth in schools.0

and he applies to $asons those words of 4aint eo the :reat%

0Their law is untruth% their god is the devil and their cult is turpitude.0

Pope :regory -8 )(>)#)(AD

&n 7ugust )@, )(>+, :regory -8, addressing all the Episcopal /ierarchy of the

atholic world, in his Encyclical% 0#irari Vos0 wrote%


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0Truly indeed we can say that this is the hour granted to the power of darkness to grind

the elect as wheat.0

0Evil comes out of 4ecret 4ocieties, bottomless abyss of misery, which those conspiring

societies have dug and in which heresies and sects have, as may be said, vomited as in a

privy all they hold of licentiousness, sacrilege and blasphemy.

"ust )( days before his death, on may )>, )(AD, Pope :regory -8 put in the hands ofretineau "oly, the documents of the talian 7lta 8endita which this author published in

)(@( in his book% 0L'E$lise Romaine en *ace de la Revolution0 5 the Roman hurch

facing the Revolution6. t would indeed be of the highest kind of interest to have a

faithful and complete copy of those manuscripts which are, doubtless, in the 8atican.

Pope Pius - )(A(#)(C(

et us proceed further. The chief work of "udeo#$asonry planned by avour, $a!!ini

and :aribaldi was reaching its goal under the Pontificate of Pope Pius -, with the

downfall of Papal temporal power. 7ccording to the theories of those sectarians of

$asonry, such a loss was sure to entail also that of spiritual power; accordingly the new

Pope fi9ed the responsibility for the conspiracy upon the 4ecret 4ocieties when, in theEncyclical following his advent, he wrote on ovember *, )(AD%

08enerable ?rethren, you also are fully aware of the monstrous errors and devices

employed by the children of this century to pursue a merciless war against the atholic

Religion, the 'ivine 7uthority of the hurch and its laws in order to trample upon the

rights of both the Ecclesiastical and ivil power% such is the aim of the guilty

machinations against 4aint Peter


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&ur ord tells us. Pope Pius - denounced the great lie of the so#called 2hite

Freemasonry, in his 7llocution of 4eptember )@, )(D@ 0#ultiplices inter0 when he says%

07nd now, in order to satisfy the desire and solicitude of &ur Fatherly /eart, there

remains for 4 only to warn and e9hort the Faithful who might have associated

themselves to 4ects of this kind to obey wiser inspirations and to leave those evil

assemblies so as to avoid being dragged in the abyss of eternal ruin.

07s to all the other faithful, being full of solicitude for their souls, 2E strongly e9hort

them to beware of the perfidious discourses of sectarians who, under a disguise of

honesty, are inflamed by an ardent hatred of the Religion of hrist and of all legitimate

authority% they have but one thought with the sole aim of e9terminating, all 'ivine and

human rights. et them all be fully conscious of the fact that the affiliates of such sects

are as the wolves who, as &ur ord predicted, come disguised with sheeps hide to

devour the whole flock% et the faithful know that such affiliates must be numbered

among those with whom the 7postle forbade us to associate, telling us also to even

avoid greeting them.0

Pope Pius - e1ually denounced the satanic homicide of Red $asonry in a letter to the

?ishop of &linda 5?ra!il6 in the following words%

0The 4atanic spirit of the 4ect was particularly evidenced, in the past century, during the

course of the Revolutions of France which shook the entire world. 4uch upheavals

proved that the total dissolution of human society could be e9pected unless the forces of

this ultra criminal 4ect were crushed.0

That letter was dated $ay +*, )(C>; the latest $asonic and 4atanic Revolution at that

time was that which in taly had resulted in making Pope Pius - 0the prisoner of the

8atican.0 t seems as though the /oly Pontiff was foreseeing such an issue when he

uttered his complaint concerning the dual failure of the previous Pontifical

condemnations of $asonry. 54eptember )@, )([email protected] he referred to the failure of the anti#$asonic endeavor thus%

0/owever, the 7postolic 4ee


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&ur part might induce anyone to lend protection to error, 2e have resolved, 8enerable

?rethren, to raise &ur 7postolic 8oice ## therefore, 2e hereby confirm before you the

onstitutions of &ur Predecessors and in virtue of &ur 7postolic 7uthority 2e hold up

to reprobation and 2e condemn this $asonic 4ociety and all other societies of the same

order which, although different in appearance, but pursuing the same aim against the

hurch or legitimate ivil Power are constantly being formed. t is &ur order that all

hristians of any standing whatsoever, of any rank or high appointment and over all theearth should be informed that the said 4ocieties are forbidden and reproved by 4, and

incur the same sentences and condemnations as those that are specified in the former

constitutions of our predecessors.0

7mong the reproved societies must be included such eagues as% the eague of /uman

Rights 5Li$ue des +roits de L'homme6 and the eague for Education 5Li$ue de

l'Enseistnement6 .

Pope eo - )(C(#)*B>

Pope eo -, successor of Pius -, upon instructions from the /oly &ffice, dealt, first

of all, with the ?ra!ilian $asonic 1uestion on "uly +nd, )(C(. Then later, addressing the

whole hurch, on 7pril +B, )((A, Pope eo - published his magnificent Encyclical

0,umanum Genus.0 Taking up once again 4aint 7ugustine


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not always attain the desired success. This failure must be ascribed on the one hand

either to the dissimulation and cunning of men members of this pernicious sect or, on

the other hand, to the imprudent lightness of character of those who should, however,

have been highly interested in watching it attentively0

eo - refers fre1uently to the hypocrisy which is the basis of 02hite Freemasonry0

and mentions the fatal evolution of its revolutionary aims which turns it into 0Red

$asonry.0

pon being attentively studied this Encyclical most strikingly reveals the triple $asonic

character, namely that its aims are%

). ounter#$orality

+. ounter#4tate

>. ounter#hurch

). ounter $orality

The Pope defines the $asonic point of view on morality thus%

0The only thing which has found grace before the members of the $asonic sect and in

which they re1uest that youth should receive the proper teaching is what they call


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The 4tate, of course, but it is a $asonic 4tate, an irreligious 4tate under the power of a

4uper 4tate which at the present moment is the Ruler of the 2orld.

2hen eo - ad=ures his 8enerable ?rethren to unite their !eal to his own efforts in

order, 0to annihilate the impure contagion of the poison which flows in the veins of

human society and causes a state of total infection,0 it is with a feeling of fear that one

brings to mind the death sentence pronounced against humanity in the 0Protocols o* the

Elders o* -ion.0

02hen we introduced into the 4tate organism the poison of iberalism its whole

political comple9ion underwent a change. 4tates have been sei!ed with a mortal illness

## bloodpoisoning. 7ll that remains is to await the end of their death agony.0

Thus, while 4tates are gravitating toward a niversal Republic, the 4uper#4tate

becomes an infrangible dictature, which according to its will grinds them down or else

thoroughly infects them; that 4uper 4tate is called "udeo#$asonry.

>. ounter hurch

/ence the supreme aim of the 4ect, as it has been pointed out by the Popes, is none

other than the complete destruction of the hurch and the Papacy. Pope eo -

persistently underscores this rigorous conse1uence and says%

04ince the proper and very special mission of the atholic hurch consists in the

safeguarding of the incorruptible purity of the doctrines revealed by :od, as well as that

of established authority for their teaching and other :od given help for the salvation of

mankind; it is inevitable that the ma=or antagonism and most violent attacks of the 4ect

should be directed against the hurch . . . Therefore, even at the cost of a lengthy and

opinionated labor the 4ect


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$odernism, but, nevertheless he did not forget the destructive work of Freemasonry. /e

re1uested the Polish people to abstain from =oining any conspiracy schemed by the

malevolent 4ects.

ater he e9tended words of consolation to the faithful of France in the following words%

07nd now it is to you, atholics of France, that 2e speak; may &ur words reach you as

a testimony of the tender feeling of &ur love for your country and as a consolation inthe midst of the terrible calamities through which you must pass. Hou are well aware of

the self#assigned aim of the impious sectarians who hare sub=ugated you under their

yoke. 2ith cynic audacity they themselves proclaimed their aim which was


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the viewpoint which Pope ?enedict -8 held on $asonry, the same viewpoint carrying

the same condemnations already pronounced by his predecessors since Pope lement

-.

The two letters from the 8atican are herewith reproduced.

). From Pope ?enedict -8 to $onseigneur "ouin%

0?eloved 4on#:reetings and 7postolic ?lessing. The eminent virtues which,in the course of your long sacerdotal career, you have shown with such

resplendent light added to the high consideration in which you are held by

&ur 8enerable ?rother, "auvier :ranito di ?elmonte, ardinal of the /oly

Roman hurch, ?ishop of 7lbano, as also by the ardinal 7rchbishop of

Paris, have prompted &ur decision to honor you with a great homage.

02e do know that you fulfill the obligations of your sacred ministry in the

most e9emplary manner; that you have the most ardent solicitude for the

eternal salvation of the faithful and that with constancy and courage you

have upheld the rights of the atholic hurch ## and have done so even at

the peril of your own life. Hou have worked against the enemies of religionand 2e know that you spare neither work nor e9penses to spread among the

people your great works on those 1uestions . . .0

+. From /is Eminence ardinal :asparri 54tate 4ecretary of /is /oliness6 to

$onseigneur "ouin on "une +B, )*)*.

0The 4overeign Pontiff with his paternal benevolence has accepted the

homage of your new study on


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in a Pontifical document; it is the fatal and sought for result of both the $asonic

doctrine and its direct action. This fact allows me to add to the list of all the 4overeign

Pontiffs who denounced and condemned "udeo#$asonry; the name of our present Pope,

Pius -, in his Encyclical 0#aimam $rasissimam"ue0 of "uly )(, )*+A, the Pope most

clearly has lifted his voice against 0aicism0 5irreligious teaching6 in the following

terms%

02hatetier Pius - did condemn, 2e likewise condemn it. Every time that the word


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Even though incomplete, here follows a list of documents as proof of the above%

lement -%In Eminenti## 7pril +(, )C>(

?enedict -8%Providas## $arch )D, )C@)

lement -%A% (uodie## 4ept. )A, )C@(

lement -% Ut Primum## 4ept. >, )C@*

lement -% Christianae Reipublicae Salus## ov. +@, )CDD Pius 8%Inscrutabile## 'ec. +@, )CC@

Pius 8%Ecclesiam a &esu Christo ## 4ept. )A, )(+B

eo -% (uo Graviora## $arch )>, )(+D

Pius 8% )raditi## $ay +), )(+*

:regory -8%#irari Vos## 7ug. )@, )(>+

Pius -% (ui Pluribus## ov *, )(AD

Pius -% 0mnibus (uantis"ue## 7pril +B, )(A*

Pius -%#ultiplices Inter## 4ept +@, )(D@

eo -%,umanum Genus## 7pril +B, )((A

eo -%Letter to Italian Episcopate## 'ec. (, )(*+

eo -%Letter to the Italian People## 'ec. (, )(*+

Pius -% Vehementer## Feb )), )*BD

Pius -%Letter to 1rance## "an D, )*BC

7dd to this the condemnation of the H.$..7. by the /oly &ffice, ov. @, )*+B and

also the decree through which was made a Prelate, signed by Pope ?enedict -8,

followed by the etter of ardinal :asparri, praising my book% Guerre #aconni"ue

5$asonic 2ar6. Then again remember the Encyclical of /is /oliness Pius - against

irreligious teaching in schools and his encouragement to me to continue my anti#"udeo#

$asonic fight, and you will thus have before you a chain whose links are inseparably

united.

t is this unity of viewpoints which demonstrates that the Papacy has but one voice and

is the =udiciary power of those 4ocieties which actually form the whole of "udeo#

$asonry.

7s to the unity of action of the Popes, it is also worthy of attention. Ever since )C>( all

the 4overeign Pontiffs have denounced, stigmati!ed and condemned the great harlot of

the +Bth century, that 02ell of Perdition,0 0?ottomless 7byss of $isery which was dug

by those conspiring 4ocieties in which the /eresies and 4ects have, it may be said,

vomited as in a privy, everything they held in their insides of 4acrilige and ?lasphemy.0

5eo -.6Ever since )C>( all the 4overeign Pontiffs denounced, stigmati!ed and condemned the

enemy of the 4tate which, according to Pope eo -, already during the past century,

possessed a power almost e1uivalent to 04overeignty0 and which, toady, calls itself the

4uper#4tate.

Ever since )C>( all the 4overeign Pontiffs denounced, stigmati!ed and condemned the

enemy of the hurch, the ounter#hurch, whose proclaimed aim is to%

0'ecatholici!e the world0

t seeks to rebuild on the ashes of the hristian civili!ation the pagan barbarism, and to

build on the ruins of the Papacy the world domination of srael; furthermore, as a signof its victory, it wants to erect over the overthrown throne of "esus hrist the very

throne of 4atan.


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Ever since )C>( all the 4overeign Pontiffs denounced, stigmati!ed and condemned what

has hitherto become the world evolution of "udeo#$asonry which, now, on earth,

admits that it has but one adversary, namely, the atholic hurch, whose agony it is

now witnessing.

/owever, the Popes e1ually deplore the indifference of those atholics who fail to see

Their silent tears and fail to heed Their heart#rending appeals; they constitute a race of

people indifferent and asleep, a string of $ute /ounds, afraid, of whom Pope lement

-, said%

0f 2e allow ourselves to be shaken by the audacity of evil#doers, then the Episcopal

strength is come to an end; the sublime and divine authority of the hurch no longer

e9ists; it is then useless to look upon ourselves as hristians if we have sunk so low as

to tremble before the threats of the snares of the evil#doers.0

?eing an9ious to be neither indifferent nor asleep, nor again a $ute /ound in the

hurch $ilitant, but to be on the contrary, even though from afar, linked to the dogs of

the ord, the 0'ominicani0 of whom in the )>th century spoke "eanne d

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