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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Apr 21, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Apr 17, 2024
Media added. Jan 30, 2024
Media added. Jan 04, 2019
Added cross-references throughout. Jan 04, 2019
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Pope Benedict XII. Nov 06, 2006
Added new Web site: New Advent - The Catholic Encyclopedia - The suppression of heresy during the first twelve centuries. Jun 26, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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