Constantine, Donation of

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• Donation of Constantine — • By this name is understood, since the end of the Middle Ages, a forged document of Emperor Constantine the Great, by which large privileges and rich possessions were conferred on the pope and the Roman Church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Donation of Constantine — This article is about the forged imperial decree. For the painting by students of Raphael inspired by the decree, see The Donation of Constantine (painting). A 13th C. fresco of Sylvester and Constantine, showing the purported Donation. Santi… …   Wikipedia

• Constantine — /kon steuhn teen / or, for 1, 3, / tuyn /; for 2, 3, also Fr. /kawonn staonn teen /, n. 1. died A.D. 715, pope 708 715. 2. a city in NE Algeria. 1,682,000. 3. a male given name. * * * I ancient Cirta City (pop., 1998: 807,371), northeastern… …   Universalium

• Donation of Sutri — The Donation of Sutri was an agreement reached at Sutri by Liutprand, King of the Lombards and Pope Gregory II in 728. At Sutri, the two reached an agreement by which the city and some hill towns in Latium (like Vetralla) were given to the Papacy …   Wikipedia

• Donation (in Canon Law) — • The gratuitous transfer to another of some right or thing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Donation (in Canon Law)     Donation      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Constantine the Great — This article is about Constantine as an Emperor. For Constantine as a Saint, see Constantine I and Christianity. Constantine I redirects here. For other uses, see Constantine I (disambiguation). Constantine I 57th Emperor of the Roman Empire …   Wikipedia

• Donation of Constantine —    One of the most important and well known forgeries of the early Middles Ages, this document presented itself as issued by the fourth century emperor Constantine, conferring great power on the pope. The date of composition and the purpose of… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• Donation of Constantine — Document concerning the supposed grant by the emperor Constantine I (the Great) to Pope Sylvester I (314–335) and later popes of temporal power over Rome and the Western Empire. The gift was said to have been motivated by Constantine s gratitude… …   Universalium

• Constantine I — Infobox Roman emperor title = Emperor of the Roman Empire name=Constantine I full name =Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus caption =Head of Constantine s colossal statue at the Capitoline Museums reign =25 July 306 ndash; 29 October 312… …   Wikipedia

• Donation of Pippin —    Traditional name of the oral or written promise made by the Carolingian king Pippin the Short to Pope Stephen II (r. 752 757). The Donation of Pippin was an important step in the establishment of the papal states and in the solidification of… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe