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Facts

Also Known As Catholic Revival • Catholic Reformation
Date c. 1501 - c. 1650
Participants Roman Catholicism
Context Roman Catholicism • Roman Inquisition

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Title page of a 1568 Welsh Christian doctrine book by Morys Clynnog, featuring Welsh text and a woodcut illustration of the crucifixion of Jesus at the center.
Painting by Nicolo Dorigati showing the opening session of the Council of Trent, with clergy in white robes seated in a grand cathedral and an altar at the center.
Engraving of Saint Teresa of Avila in a Carmelite habit, gazing upward and holding a crucifix and a scroll.
Spanish Inquisition
Founder of the Jesuits
Saint Francis Xavier Baptizing Infidels
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