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LOMBARD (Eugene) pseudonym of Célestin SFONDRATI....

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LOMBARD (Eugene) [pseudonym of Célestin SFONDRATI]. Regale sacerdotium Romano Pontifici assertum, et quatuor propositionibus explicatum. St. Gallen], Typis et expensis Cyriandri Donati, 1684, 4°, [8]-589-[3] p., full vellum at the time with small flaps. Nice copy. Celestino Sfondrati (1644-1696) is an Italian Benedictine theologian, prince abbot of St. Gallen and cardinal. This work published under pseudonym and without mention of place of publication is a defence of papal authority and privileges against the 4 articles of the declaration of the French clergy in 1682. Rare first edition printed in St. Gallen.