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Jun 15, 2022 · Learn about when Pope Gregory IX, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1227 to 1241, declared war on cats.
Nov 8, 2023 · The idea originated with a 13th-century pope who accused devil-worshippers of kissing cats' hindquarters.
Feb 25, 2020 · This bull, the story goes, declared cats as the instruments of Satan, and set Medieval Europe on a great cat purge, with special attention paid to black cats, who were particularly Luciferian. So, cats went from being the targets of pagan worship to Catholic contempt for these perceived similarities to the devil.
On March 19, 1227, 80-year-old cardinal Ugolino di Segni became Pope Gregory IX. Gregory was a reluctant pontiff- and not just because of his age. For he had inherited the problem of heresies which were blossoming across thirteenth century Christian Europe and challenging the ‘universal’ church.
Aug 16, 2023 · Pope Gregory IX believed that cats were evil. Felines were either in league with the devil or the devil himself in a fur coat. The pope had Europe's cats exterminated. There were unexpected consequences for humans: The bubonic plague, superstitions about cats being unlucky and witch hunts.
Pope Gregory IX (Latin: Gregorius IX; born Ugolino di Conti; 1145 – 22 August 1241) was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241.
Nov 5, 2019 · When supporters of the story that people in the Middle Ages killed cats en masse look for documentary evidence to support their narrative, they usually cite one particular document: a decretal letter issued by Pope Gregory IX (in office 1227 – 1241) titled Vox in Rama.
Oct 14, 2022 · Pope Gregory IX, the 178th pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241, is often remembered for issuing a Papal Bull declaring that cats bore Satan’s spirit, which subsequently led to huge numbers of cats being killed throughout Europe.
May 20, 2019 · The Greeks recognized the cat's value in pest control and also kept it as a pet while the Romans, who preferred using weasels to rid themselves of mice and rats, concentrated their efforts on pampering their feline friends.
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Nov 30, 2021 · According to Donald Engels’ book on Classical Cats , “The enormous popularity of Isis during the Roman Empire cannot be stressed enough: there are vast quantities of dedicatory inscriptions, votive offerings, altars and temples dedicated to her throughout Europe.”
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