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Diuturnum §1 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Pre-V2)

Pope Leo XIII

Diuturnum §1

Diuturnum

¹ An allusion to Alexander II (1818-81) Emperor of Russia, a liberally minded sovereign and a great social reformer, who was murdered March 13, 1881, by a group of nihilists, in St. Petersburg.

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Source: Diuturnum (Vatican.va)