The Religious Side of the Coronation

Pope Pius VII anointed Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine in 1804. Part of the ceremony was headed because Napoleon didn't want public to see that he had power given by Pope. The Pope was not higher was not above the emperor of the French, Paul says.

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