# Of The Divine Judgments And Punishments Visited Upon Some Of The Popes.

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Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: OF THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS AND PUNISHMENTS VISITED UPON SOME OF THE POPES.



The divine vengeance for great misdeeds is sometimes
carried out in this life, and sometimes reserved
for the life to come.64 The vengeance which is inflicted
in this life, is sometimes executed immediately
by God himself; at other times he uses means—either
the elements, or things composed of the
elements, yet without life; and sometimes he does it
by means of living creatures as, men, beasts, etc.
However, here we shall only speak of the judgments
of God visited upon some of the popes in such a
manner and through such means, as will be shown.

In the eighth book of the Chronijk van den Ondergang
der Tyrannen, for the year 767, page 262,
col. 2, several examples of this kind are successively
related, which we shall present here as is most suitable,
and in the best possible order.65

The author of said chronicle, after mentioning the
ignominious expulsion of pope Sylvester Campanus
from the city of Rome, relates the sad ending of
Constantine, Hadrian, John, Benedict, Boniface,
56Lucius, Innocentius, Nicholas, Paul, Leo, Clement,
etc.

Pope Constantine II., having led an ungodly life,
was deprived, in a council, of both his eyes, and
the papal power, and then put into a convent.

Hadrian III., fleeing from Rome, came to Venice
in the habit of a gardener, where he was ordered to
work in a garden.

Hadrian IV. was choked to death by a fly, which
flew into his mouth, or, as others say, into his
drink, while he was drinking.

John XI.,66 being apprehended by the soldiers of
a certain Guido, was smothered with a pillow, which
they held upon his mouth.

John XXII. was crushed by the falling in of the
vault of a pavilion, and thus departed this life.

Benedict VI.,67 was shut up in the Castle Angelo,
by Cynthius, a citizen of Rome, and there strangled
by him, on account of his great villainy.

Benedict IX. was killed by poison, which had
been put into a fig by an abbess, who was considered
a devout, spiritual daughter.

The body of Boniface VII., who had died a sudden
death, was dragged along the street, with his
feet tied to a rope, and ignominiously buried in the
common grave.

Lucius II., about to storm the capitol, whither
the senators had fled, was so seriously pelted with
stones, that he died soon afterwards.

When Innocentius IV. had unjustly sentenced to
death Robert of Lincoln, because he had censured,
with the mouth as well as with the pen, the nefarious
deeds of the popes, and Robert therefore appealed
to Christ, the Supreme Judge, the pope was
found dead in his bed the following day.68

Nicholas III. died very unexpectedly of apoplexy
(called the stroke of God).

Paul II., having supped very merrily, died soon
after, likewise of apoplexy.

Leo X. died while laughing and frolicking at his
cups.

Clemens VIII., having conspired with Franciscus,
king of France, against the Emperor Charles V.,
was afterwards apprehended by the emperor’s captains,
derided above measure, ultimately reinstated
in the papal chair, but finally, in the year 1534, suffocated,
together with several cardinals, with the
smoke of torches. From Onpar. Recht. Also,
from various other accepted authors who have previously
been referred to.69





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