GIOVANNI BATTISTA See also:RINUCCINI (1592-1653)
, See also:archbishop of See also:Fermo, was See also:born in See also:Rome on the 15th of See also:September 1592, being the son of a senator
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He studied at several See also:Italian See also:universities, became See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain to See also:Pope See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory XV., and in 1625 was made archbishop of Fermo
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His participation in Irish politics, which is his See also:chief See also:title to fame, began during the later stages of the See also:Civil See also:War when See also:Ireland was the See also:scene of universal disorder
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In 1645 Pope See also:Innocent X. despatched him to that See also:country as papal See also:nuncio; he landed at Kenmare with arms and See also:money in See also:October 1645, and took up his See also:residence at See also:Kilkenny
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Before this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:Roman Catholics had banded themselves together for See also:defence
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Called the Confederate Catholics, they had set up a provisional See also:government, and whenthe nuncio reached Kilkenny they were engaged in negotiating for See also:peace with the See also:lord See also:lieutenant, the See also:marquess, afterwards See also:duke, of See also:Ormonde
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See also:Rinuccini took See also:part in the proceedings, but as his demands were ignored he refused to recognize the peace which was concluded in See also:March 1646, and gaining' the support of the Irish See also:general, See also:Owen See also:Roe O'See also:Neill, he used all his See also:influence, both ecclesiastical and See also:political, to prevent its See also:acceptance by others
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To a large extent he succeeded.: See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
Meeting at See also:Waterford, the See also:clergy condemned the treaty and several towns took up the same attitude
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The nuncio's most pliant helper was now See also:Edward See also:Somerset, See also:earl of Glamorgan, after-wards marquess of See also:Worcester, who had been sent to Ireland by See also:Charles I., and who had entered into communication with Rinuccini when the latter first arrived in that country
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Glamorgan See also:bound himself to carry out all the wishes of the nuncio, who intended that he should supplant Ormonde
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In September 1646 Rinuccini took over the conduct of affairs.' He imprisoned his opponents on the See also:council and tried to arrange for an attack on See also:Dublin
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But there was no See also:harmony among his subordinates, his military plans failed ' and soon all parties were tacitly ignoring him
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Leaving Kilkenny he stayed for some time in See also:Galway, and in See also:February 1649 he See also:left Ireland
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After visiting Rome he returned to Fermo in 1650 and died on the 5th of See also:December 1653•
See G
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Aiazzi, La Nunziatura in Irlanda (See also:Florence 1844), See also:English See also:translation as The See also:Embassy in Ireland, by A.' See also:Hutton (Dublin, 1893) ; and S
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R
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See also:Gardiner, See also:History of the See also:Great Civil War, vols. iii. and iv
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(1905)
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