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    Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta, OL (10 October 1865 – 26 February 1930) was a Spanish Catholic bishop, Vatican official, and cardinal. Before becoming...
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  • Rafael Carlos Merry del Val (4 November 1831 – 29 August 1917) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat. Merry del Val was born in Seville on 4 November 1831...
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  • Rafael Merry del Val (1865-1930), Cardinal Secretary of State of the Holy See under Pope Pius X. C. S. Lewis attributed its composition to Merry del Val...
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    Alfonso Merry del Val. The family's surname, Merry del Val, was formed by combining the surnames of the 1st Marquess's paternal grandparents: Rafael Merry y...
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    Alfonso Merry del Val y Zulueta, 1st Marquess of Merry del Val GCVO CvNSC (20 April 1864 – 27 May 1943) was a Spanish diplomat. Merry del Val was born...
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  • Alfonso Merry del Val y Alzola, 2nd Marquess of Merry del Val (24 July 1903 – 8 January 1975) was a Spanish career diplomat. Merry del Val was born in...
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  • Del Val is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dominguito del Val, Spanish martyr Jean Del Val, French actor Rafael Merry del Val, Spanish...
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    by Pope Clement VIII, which was signed and notarized by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. The Archconfraternity of the Holy Infancy, founded in 1636 in Beaune...
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    received enough votes to win. The Secretary of the Conclave, Archbishop Rafael Merry del Val, reported later that Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko came to see him...
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  • AS Val, a Soviet assault rifle Val, album by Val Doonican VAL (band), Belarusian pop duo Val (given name), a unisex given name Rafael Merry del Val (1865–1930)...
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    months that followed, the French cardinals, led by the intransigent Rafael Merry del Val, worked to redefine the educational doctrine of the Church in France...
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    Chiesa the secretary of the conclave, but the Sacred College elected Rafael Merry del Val, a conservative young prelate, the first sign that Rampolla would...
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  • another such candidate, Karol Wojtyła, was elected as John Paul II. Rafael Merry del Val was a widely considered candidate during the conclaves of 1914 and...
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    XIII towards secular governments, appointing Rafael Merry del Val as Cardinal Secretary of State (Merry del Val would later have his own cause opened for...
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    representative on the International Eucharistic Congress, accompanying Rafael Merry del Val to London, where he met Winston Churchill. In 1911, he represented...
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    1910, via decree Gratia quae, signed and notarized by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. Pope Pius XII mentioned the venerated image via public radio address...
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    Gemelli – a physician and psychologist – was commissioned by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val to visit Pio and carry out a clinical examination of the wounds....
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    Pope Benedict XV appointed Ferrata Secretary of State, in place of Rafael Merry del Val. However, Ferrata was already in ill health and died the month after...
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    philosophy, theology, and canon law). Ordained a priest by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val on 22 December 1928, Vagnozzi, at age 22, required a dispensation...
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  • Tyrrell. The letter had been prepared in Rome and was inspired by Rafael Merry del Val who became Tyrrell's chief opponent under Pius X. Furthermore, "modernists"...
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    a safe refuge for those fleeing persecution in Russia. Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val ordained that the Church's policy was explained non possumus on such...
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  • of or approved Benigni's initiatives. Cardinal Secretary of State Rafael Merry del Val prevented the association from gaining canonical recognition, and...
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    by Pope Clement VIII, which was signed and notarized by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. Pope Benedict XVI crowned the image for the second time during his...
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    1 September 1903, Canali was made private secretary to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val and entered the Roman Curia, in the Secretariat of State. He was...
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  • was consecrated on 13 January 1907, by Cardinal Secretary of State Rafael Merry del Val, assisted by Pietro Gasparri, Secretary of the Congregation of Extraordinary...
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  • conclave of 1823 and the Papal conclave of 1829. In the 20th century, Rafael Merry del Val (Pope Pius X’s secretary of state) was a prominent zelanti. Carlo...
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  • see of Hamatha. Farrugia was consecrated by the Spanish cardinal Rafael Merry del Val on 7 July 1907. In December the same year Bishop Farrugia died, after...
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    image via the former Archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val on 18 June 1925. The rite of coronation was executed by the former...
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    Girolamo Maria Gotti, José Calassanç Vives y Tuto, then-Monsignor Rafael Merry del Val, Bishop John Patrick Farrelly, Bishop Thomas Kennedy, Monsignor Robert...
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    January 22, Herzl first met the Papal Secretary of State, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val. According to Herzl's private diary notes, the Cardinal's interpretation...
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